Dumb or Just Happy: Is There a Concept of Liberty That Respects the Pursuit of Apathetic Nirvana?

I have the feeling that you've done a pretty good job of proving something out of Berlin's text, but I'm not sure why it matters, if you know what I mean. You appear to have enjoined the conclusion that a respect for freedom would involve allowing those who want not to know to be left in their blissful condition of ignorance. And indeed, I think everyone will probably agree that this is desirable for the reasons you give: we do not want, let alone should we want, to nag and pester our neighbors who do not share our values or our concerns.

But what does that lead to? Citizenship means making judgments about when to call upon our fellow citizens for their attention to mutual concerns, and when to respect their desire to be let alone. We intend to live our lives so as to discharge both our public and our private responsibilities to our neighbors wisely and with humane respect for them. And what has your investigation of the matter told us? Surely only that we must use our practical wisdom to deal with each situation as it arises. And that, it seems to me, is less than the ante in the poker game.