Sublime

Curiosity is such a basic component of our natures that we are nearly oblivious to its

pervasiveness in our lives. Consider, though, how much of our time we spend seeking and

consuming information, whether listening to the news or music, browsing the internet,

reading books or magazines, watching TV, movies, and sports, or otherwise engaging in

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Curiosity is thought of as the noblest of human

drives, and is just as often as it is denigrated as dangerous (as in the expression “curiosity

killed the cat”).