curiosity
One of the problems with being "rational" in your own estimation is that you are probably only being rational about one dimension of a surprisingly complex situation
Davidtwitter.comKnowledge responds to the gravitational pull of questions: new questions, and new questions about old questions.
Sindhu Shivaprasad • Questions Are Desire Paths of Curiosity
Intelligence is a form of friendship with the world. It can’t be cultivated out of fear of it.
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explorers are very different from experts. They are looking ahead to anticipate emerging opportunities and recognize that existing knowledge is becoming obsolete at an accelerating rate. As leaders, they are framing powerful and inspiring questions that can pull more and more people to them in an effort to explore and discover answers that can
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Alexander von Humboldt and the Invention of Nature: How One of the Last True Polymaths Pioneered the Cosmos of Connections
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org
"Curiosity can empower you or impede you. Being curious and focused is a powerful combination. I define this combination as unleashing your curiosity within the domain of a particular task: asking questions about how things work, exploring different lines of attack for solving the problem, reading ideas from outside domains while always looking for
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it's the totality of those “nodal points” that indicate one’s own unique perspective. It doesn’t matter if you specifically sought out the nodal point or not, it’s the recognition that counts. When you encounter a piece of life-changing information (no matter how large the change part is), you are simultaneously discovering and creating “yourself,”
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