I was working with a team the other day and one of the participants asked me if I knew what I was doing.  I paused for a moment and then gave the only reply that makes sense to me.

If I knew what I was doing I would not be human, nor would life be as entertaining as it is.  Embrace the unknown – that is truly the root of all enjoyment.

Obviously, at a point in time, for a specific circumstance, it is both beneficial and probably imperative to know what you are doing.  Sometimes it is enjoyable to be blissfully unaware.

Philisophically Speaking

From a broader perspective, considering life, on the whole, do you really want to know the meaning of life?  Theoretically, if you knew the meaning of life you could achieve it and once achieved there would be no further reason to live.

Thus, knowing the meaning of life could, in fact, be deadly.  Extrapolating, admittedly very broadly, not knowing what you are doing can have real benefit.  In fact, in and of itself that could provide a foundation to continue living.

Knowing What you are doing in the moment

Of course, as noted, not knowing what you are doing at the moment would be confusing.  To a large extent, the interpretation of the context of the question is critical.

For example, if you drive a car after having drunk a lot of alcohol,  I might argue, given the severe risk of major consequences, you did not know what you were doing but would have been better off knowing in that case.

On the philosophical plane of existence, taking a note from the Beatles song library, “Tomorrow never knows”.  That is probably a good thing.

So sometimes knowing is good and sometimes more natural not to.