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Curious
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Interesting, engaging (enough), good ideas, well explained, not so much practical, and some recommendations for keeping yourself curious not so much innovative.
Why is curiosity important? is an innately human drive that can override the most important one: survival. Historically it has been seen as a vice or as a virtue, sometimes somehow in between. Today, we have too much information and curiosity needs direction and focus.
It has, to my eyes, an important flaw. The author argues that we need more information to think better, rather than skills to think better. While it gives some 'data' to justify this, it's clearly not the case. Several books, like superforecasting, indicate that collecting information is relevant but the way you precesses it is key. This was quite disappointing. It shows the problem of hyperspecialization at the intellectual level: taking ONE idea and using all data to justify it.
It has a series of nice high points. Nice book, not great.
Why is curiosity important? is an innately human drive that can override the most important one: survival. Historically it has been seen as a vice or as a virtue, sometimes somehow in between. Today, we have too much information and curiosity needs direction and focus.
It has, to my eyes, an important flaw. The author argues that we need more information to think better, rather than skills to think better. While it gives some 'data' to justify this, it's clearly not the case. Several books, like superforecasting, indicate that collecting information is relevant but the way you precesses it is key. This was quite disappointing. It shows the problem of hyperspecialization at the intellectual level: taking ONE idea and using all data to justify it.
It has a series of nice high points. Nice book, not great.
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July 6, 2022
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July 10, 2022
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