Curious: The desire to know and why your future depends on it, Ian Leslie (100%)

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  "description": "“I have no special talents,” said Albert Einstein. “I am only passionately curious.” Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful. So why are many of us allowing our curiosity to wane? In Curious, Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our “desire to know.” Just when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood, undervalued, and increasingly monopolized by a cognitive elite. A “curiosity divide” is opening up. This divide is being exacerbated by the way we use the Internet. Thanks to smartphones and tools such as Google and Wikipedia, we can answer almost any question instantly. But does this easy access to information guarantee the growth of curiosity? No—quite the opposite. Leslie argues that true curiosity the sustained quest for understanding that begets insight and innovation—is in fact at risk in a wired world. Drawing on fascinating research from psychology, economics, education, and business, Curious looks at what feeds curiosity and what starves it, and finds surprising answers. Curiosity isn’t, as we’re encouraged to think, a gift that keeps on giving. It is a mental muscle that atrophies without regular exercise and a habit that parents, schools, and workplaces need to nurture. Filled with inspiring stories, case studies, and practical advice, Curious will change the way you think about your own mental habits, and those of your family, friends, and colleagues.",
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• Kids are constantly running experiments to figure things out, being naughty. Eventually they learn others are thinking something different than them. - We need to expound that as adults. What is D thinking. What are her wants? Maybe I can easily meet them.
• Childhood was supposed to be a time safe to explore, which fostered learning. With so many expectations of children these days we've robbed them and left them feeling insecure, trapped in a narrow path.
• Curious is like dopamine. Experience something a little different then we can ignore. A lot and we reject. - So when arguing with someone do we need to find the sweet spot in order to change their mind? To change my mind?
• Why we don't ask questions: Look stupid. Too busy. Good questions require time. Culture discourages. We don't have the skills to.
• The importance of knowing. It's good to know lots of general knowledge because when you then come across something new to have something to associate it to and it becomes more sticky. The more knowledge you have the more knowledge can be gained easier.
• Being educated is understanding how to think allowing us to escape our default setting.
• Seven ways to stay curious:
  1. Stay foolish
  2. Build the database
  3. Forage like a foxhog: Be a T shaped specialist and generalist
  4. Ask the big why: What is the real need. There might not really be an impasse or obstacle. Maybe it's not what your thinking and so there's a completely different path to the solution which is clear
  5. Be a thinkerer: Like Ben Franklin. Experiment. Combine ideas. There aren't any failures, just lessons. Sweat the small stuff while having grand visions.
  6. Question your teaspoons: Turn the boring stuff into interesting. Mix things up. Question things. Look at things differently.
  7. Turn puzzles into mysteries: Puzzles are trivial, Mysteries move us. Life is about mysteries.

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