curiosity
Wanting to know for its own sake: what it does for good work, learning, creativity and a long life, and what happens to it with age.
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Masud Husain quoted
Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford
Their wordsThose include that having that sense of purpose, making sure that you have a network of people, that you're socially connected as your age, and also remaining curious, open to new ideas. Those factors turn out to be almost as important as some of the physical things we do.
↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com 22nd of 24 in this recording
- 8 days earlier
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Ian Silber quoted
Designer who led product design at OpenAI
Their wordswe do not expect you to have a background in AI because again, this is evolving so quickly, but we definitely expect high curiosity about it
↗Chatbots are not the final interface: OpenAI’s Head of Design on what’s next | Ian Silberyoutube.com 13th of 22 in this recording
- 5 weeks earlier
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Alan Castel quoted
Professor of psychology at UCLA
Their wordsAnd so, in this study on curiosity, we found that older adults tend to remember the things that they're most curious about, but they're also really good at forgetting the things that they just didn't care about in the first place.
↗How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan Castelyoutube.com 22nd of 24 in this recording
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Alan Castel quoted
Their wordsbut as you get older that tends to decline with age which I thought was kind of perplexing because I you know a lot of curious people but we found that levels of state curiosity when I give you some interesting bit of information but I don't give you the answer if it's something you care about that actually increases with age your level of curiosity and learning.
↗How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan Castelyoutube.com 24th of 24 in this recording
- 4 days earlier
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George Saunders quoted
American short-story writer and novelist
Their wordsI think of it like this: any person has an innate curiosity about life, and an energy toward it, that may manifest itself in all kinds of ways throughout the course of their life.
↗The Natural-Born Artist.georgesaunders.substack.com 1st of 4 in this piece
- 4 days earlier
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Jason Liu quoted
Machine learning engineer and consultant focused on RAG…
Their wordsTaste isn't consensus. It's not judgment first, either. It's easy to be a critic. Curiosity has to come first, because without curiosity you never broaden your horizons.
↗If You Want Taste, You're Gonna Have to Eatjxnl.co 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 13 days earlier
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Jonathan Shedler quoted
Clinical psychologist and clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSF
Their wordsThe phrase "your feelings are valid" does not invite curiosity or deeper self-understanding, which is the point of psychotherapy. It is the mirror image of "stop whining and get a grip." One sounds warm and one sounds harsh, but neither deepens self-awareness.
↗Skilled Therapists Don't Say "Your Feelings Are Valid"jonathanshedler.substack.com
- 13 days earlier
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Adam Grant quoted
Organizational psychologist and professor at the Wharton School
Their wordsArgue like you’re right and listen like you’re wrong. Have the humility to know what you don’t know and the curiosity to pursue knowledge and wisdom.
↗Silence Is Not Necessarily Violenceadamgrant.substack.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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Martin Fowler quoted
Chief scientist at Thoughtworks and author of Refactoring
Their wordsMy skepticism has to be absolute and total, which means I have to be skeptical about my skepticism. And that requires that curiosity.
↗Martin Fowler & Kent Beck: Frameworks for reinventing software, again and againyoutube.com 5th of 20 in this recording
- 6 days earlier
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Thuan Pham quoted
Uber's first Chief Technology Officer, from 2013 to 2020
Their wordswe see the difference between the great engineer and an an average engineer is still two 3x in terms of their capability. They're more inquisitive. they're at the bleeding edge more, they're more innovative,
↗Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber's first CTO)youtube.com 20th of 24 in this recording
- 12 months earlier
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Ken Norton quoted
Executive coach for product leaders
Their wordsWhen we resist not knowing, we often leap to conclusions, make decisions without all of the information, or simply guess. Of course, that might make it even more likely that we're wrong, the very thing our subconscious is trying to avoid. Needing to be right comes at the expense of curiosity.
↗The Power of Not Knowingbringthedonuts.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Ken Norton quoted
Their wordsLeadership isn't about always having the answer and always being right. It's about being present, deeply curious, and authentic.
↗The Power of Not Knowingbringthedonuts.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 6 weeks earlier
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Thiago Costa quoted
Designer and co-founder of Fey
Their wordsbeing curious I think it's like the number one quality that a design could have just ask questions
↗Thiago Costa - Cultivating taste as a designeryoutube.com 17th of 26 in this recording
- 4 months earlier
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Graham Hancock quoted
British journalist and author
Their wordsBut the Great Pyramid, to go to that length to create a tomb, to make it a scale model of the earth, to orient it perfectly to true north, to make it 6 million tons. This is not a tomb. This is something else. This is a curiosity device.
↗Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History | Lex Fridman Podcast #449youtube.com 23rd of 25 in this recording
- 4 months earlier
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Aravind Srinivas quoted
Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity, an AI answer engine
Their wordsThere is a skill to asking good questions, and everyone’s curious though. Curiosity is unbounded in this world. Every person in the world is curious, but not all of them are blessed to translate that curiosity into a well-articulated question.
↗Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet | Lex Fridman Podcast #434youtube.com 5th of 20 in this recording
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Aravind Srinivas quoted
Their wordsWhat makes humans special though, is our curiosity. Even if AI’s cracked this, it’s us still asking them to go explore something. And one thing that I feel like AI’s haven’t cracked yet, is being naturally curious and coming up with interesting questions to understand the world and going and digging deeper about them.
↗Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet | Lex Fridman Podcast #434youtube.com 11th of 20 in this recording
- 7 months earlier
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Elon Musk quoted
Founded SpaceX in 2002
Their wordswhich is that we don’t know the meaning of life, but the more we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, digital and biological, the more we’re able to understand what questions to ask about the answer that is the universe. So I have a philosophy of curiosity.
↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 9th of 23 in this recording
- 4 months earlier
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Paul Graham quoted
Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
Their wordsWhat are you excessively curious about — curious to a degree that would bore most other people? That's what you're looking for.
- 6 months earlier
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Alon Levy quoted
Mathematician turned transport researcher
Their wordsThis is not about precarity, because this is not a precarious project; this is about total ignorance and incuriosity about best practices, which emanate from a place that doesn’t natively speak English and doesn’t trade in American political references.
↗High Costs are not About Precaritypedestrianobservations.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
- 6 months earlier
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Adam Mastroianni quoted
Their wordsUntangling them requires some knowledge, yes, but knowledge is cheap and easily acquired. What you really need is curiosity, self-efficacy, perseverance, perspective, and hope.
↗You'll forget most of what you learn. What should you do about that?experimental-history.com 6th of 7 in this piece
- 23 months earlier
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Ming Thein quoted
Photographer and writer based in Malaysia who publishes long-form camera
Their wordsI believe creativity is really two parts: curiosity and the ability to not just ask "what if?", but also use some foresight to imagine the potential outcome.
↗What is creativity?blog.mingthein.com 1st of 3 in this piece
- 7 years earlier
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Raph Koster quoted
Game designer and theorist
Their wordsSlot machines don’t teach you anything; they trigger the learning and curiosity pathways without actually giving you a benefit in return.
↗Social games vs gamblingraphkoster.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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