No Spoilers, Please! Why Curiosity Makes Us Patient
Facts are valuable things, and so is fact-checking. But if we really want people to understand complex issues, we need to engage their curiosity. If people are curious, they will learn.
Tim Harford • The Data Detective
In our adult lives it generates a restless desire for new information and new experiences. Just as it made us peer into rock pools as children, as adults it makes us refresh Twitter streams.
Ian Leslie • Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
Curiosity is likely to lead to better work, but only if it’s allowed time to breathe.
Ian Leslie • Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
But curiosity without direction can be a taxing and ultimately unproductive endeavor. Choice is how we tame and channel and direct our curiosity, where we choose to allocate our time and energy, and ultimately, what we choose to pay attention to.