Meant to know

I believe that it is part of our unfallen nature to know and to desire to know.  Ultimately, to know God.  Not just know about God but to know him personally and intimately, a deep, meaningful, close relationship.  In addition to that, I believe we are meant to know about creation and how to rightly use and enjoy it.
Because of sin, mankind has deviated in two ways.  First, we have learned how to use creation, but we use it in destructive and self destructive ways.  We harm the environment, we harm and drive to extinction creatures and we harm ourselves by the misuse of different substances.
Second, we allow ourselves to be distracted, either by others' discoveries or by the inventions of our own fantasies.  Picture the scene of the teenage boy spending hours and hours surfing the internet and playing video games.  This is not how it is supposed to be.  I won't go so far as to say that these things are inherently sinful, but they are dangerous and in need of careful handling.
We are meant to know.  This means we should first begin learning to know God.  This will take a lifetime.  We should also know other people and know about creation.  This means being active, productive and involved.  Ultimately, this means loving God and loving neighbor.