The Curiosity Conflict: Why We Struggle to Shift From Exploration to Exploitation
Anne-Laure Le Cunffnesslabs.com
The Curiosity Conflict: Why We Struggle to Shift From Exploration to Exploitation
Today, it may not merely be that we confuse process with substance; rather, our failure to question our processes or interrogate our actions may be symptomatic of a more significant concern: Curiosity is an endangered species.
When diversive curiosity is entrained — when it is transformed into a quest for knowledge and understanding — it nourishes us. This deeper, more disciplined and effortful type of curiosity is called epistemic curiosity,
The age of social media and the 24 hour news cycle is completely dominated by curiositas, by distracting knowledge, and that’s why the virtue of studiositas [a virtue of the mind which helps a person order their constant, never-ending desire to know into the things that truly matter, and tempers the mind from wandering off
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