Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It

Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It

by Ian Leslie
Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It

Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It

by Ian Leslie

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Overview

A fun yet provocative look at the importance of staying curious in an increasingly indifferent world

Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. Those who do so 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 monopolized by the cognitive elite. A "curiosity divide" is opening up.

In Curious, Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our "desire to know." Drawing on fascinating research from psychology, economics, education, and business, Leslie looks at what feeds curiosity and what starves it, and finds surprising answers. Curiosity is a mental muscle that atrophies without regular exercise and a habit that parents, schools, and workplaces need to nurture.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780465056941
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 08/26/2014
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 482,872
File size: 707 KB

About the Author

Ian Leslie writes on psychology, social trends, and politics for publications in the UK and US, including Slate, the Economist, NPR, Bloomberg.com, the Guardian, Daily Mail, the Times, Daily Telegraph, and Granta. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Fourth Drive

Part One: How Curiosity Works
1. Three Journeys
2. How Curiosity Begins
3. Puzzles and Mysteries

Part Two: The Curiosity Drive
4. Three Ages of Curiosity
5. The Curiosity of Dividend
6. The Power of Questions
7. The Importance of Knowing

Part Three: Staying Curious
8. Seven Ways to Stay Curious

Afterword: Bjarni

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