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Book Club Event on 01/29/2022: Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It by Ian Leslie
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This book was suggested by Jack O.
Pages to read: 185
ISBN: 9781782064954 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780465056941 (Edition I am Using)
While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What does it mean to be curious?
•Why is knowledge required to be curious?
•Why is there an information gap?
•What is the difference between diverse and epistemic curiosity?
•What is the difference between puzzles and mysteries?
•How do cultures influence curiosity?
•How to build curiosity?
•What do schools have to do with curiosity?
•What does technology provide and take away?
•How does curiosity change with age?
•Why become ignorant? How is strategic ignorance used?
•What are some differences between individuals who are curious, and individuals who are not curious?
Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.
My review of the book:
https://www.inquiryreviews.com/2021/1...
Upcoming event:
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Summary from Goodreads:
Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning and discovering as they grow older. Which side of the ’curiosity divide’ are you on?
In Curious Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our desire to know. Curious people tend to be smarter, more creative and more successful. But at the very moment when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood and undervalued, and increasingly practised only by a cognitive elite.
Filled with inspiring stories, case studies and practical advice, Curious will change the way you think about your own mental life, and that of those around you.