![]() ![]() ![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and indexĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:06:16 Boxid IA40257120 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Combining the latest science with an urgent call to cultivate curious minds, Curious draws on psychology, social history, and popular culture to show that being deeply curious is our only hope when it comes to solving current crises-as well as an essential part of being human. Worst of all, this decline in curiosity has led to a decline in empathy and our ability to care about those around us. ![]() We confuse ease of access to information with curiosity, and risk losing our ability to ask questions that extend our knowledge gap rather than merely filling it. In Curious, Ian Leslie argues that true curiosity-the sustained quest for understanding that begets insight and innovation-is becoming increasingly difficult to harness in our wired world. But does this mean we are actually becoming more curious? Absolutely not. ![]() Thanks to smartphones and tools such as Google and Wikipedia, we're able to feed any aspect of our curiosity instantly. "Today it seems we have the world at our fingertips. ![]()
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