Is Philosophy Useful in Modern Times?

Updated 31 October 2025

Imagine scrolling through TikTok late at night, consuming endless personalised content. Each video perfectly matched to your interests, each frame designed to keep you engaged. Now consider Plato’s allegory of the Cave, where prisoners are chained in a dark cavern, only able to see shadows cast on the wall. Having never seen the real world, they mistake these shadows for reality itself. Sound familiar?