Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It

When put together, the personality traits of conscientiousness and curiosity count for as much as intelligence.

Young’s technique consists of five steps. The first is to ‘Gather raw material’.

empathic curiosity: curiosity about the thoughts and feelings of other people.

Middle-class parents are more likely to pursue a policy of concerted cultivation.

‘However much it abounds, knowledge of the truth is not bad, but good.’

creativity, problem-solving, critical thought and curiosity.

‘cultural capital’ — the shared reference points that smooth and deepen relationships between the powerful in any given society.

Success isn’t good for curiosity.

the observation of things and the accumulation of material’.