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Curiosity, we argue, is a capacity to connect—to build knowledge networks. Curiosity builds relationships between pieces of knowledge as much as between the people who want to know them. For this reason, we characterize curiosity as “edgework”—constantly laying down relationships between ideas, experiences, concepts, and objects in the world.
... See morePerry Zurn, Dani S. Bassett • Curiosity and Networks of Possibility
Steven Kotler's "Curiosity List"
Write down 25 things you're curious about "By curious, all I mean is that if you had a spare weekend, you'd be interested in reading a couple of books on the topic, attending a few lectures, and maybe having a conversation or two with an expert."
Be specific. Not "health & fitness" but "hypertrophy difference in
"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
... See morepeople is to be curious. Even better is to provide yourself with some sort of external gain or loss that motivates you.
Eric Barker • Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
Allow yourself to go down rabbit holes
A rabbit hole is not a distraction. A rabbit hole is your brain trying to tell you to pay attention to something you’re curious about. Ignore algorithmic rabbit holes.
If you see something, save something
Pay attention to what feels resonant to you. Save breadcrumbs and build a path for yourself to... See more
Are.na
Embracing Curiosity:
Nurture curiosity as the key driver of great work.
Use curiosity to choose fields, explore gaps, and drive progress.
Paul Graham
Explore-Exploit Trade-off (David Epstein): A fundamental concept in decision-making that arises in many domains. It is the balancing act between two opposing strategies. Exploitation involves choosing the best option based on current knowledge of the system (which may be incomplete or misleading), while exploration involves trying out new options
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