Description:Today it seems we have the world at our fingertips. Thanks to smartphones and tools such as Google and Wikipedia, weOCOre able feed any aspect of our curiosity instantly. But does this mean we are actually becoming more curious? Absolutely not. 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. 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. Worst of all, this decline in curiosity has led to a decline in empathy and our ability to care about those around us. 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It. To get started finding Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
Description: Today it seems we have the world at our fingertips. Thanks to smartphones and tools such as Google and Wikipedia, weOCOre able feed any aspect of our curiosity instantly. But does this mean we are actually becoming more curious? Absolutely not. 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. 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. Worst of all, this decline in curiosity has led to a decline in empathy and our ability to care about those around us. 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It. To get started finding Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.