hAhA, i agree. Didn't have to look it up, but checked anyway, and didn't know it had two meanings depending on context,
so finally, considering the context, i think it's super duper extra bonzer "cool" to be a Silent Generation "woke" kind a guy.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”