I’d like to take a point that I think is implicitly being made, and state it explicitly.
Holding on to the curiosity and pursuing a deeper understanding of things takes time, and the benefit isn’t always worth that cost. There are some situations where it is worth the cost, and there are others where it isn’t.
Furthermore, there are some particular types of situations where people tend to give up too easily when they should be taking the time to ask questions and pursue a deeper understanding. The domain of education tends to be one.
I find this post valuable as a reminder to not get lazy and consider holding on to the curiosity more often, but I’d find it more valuable if it explicitly stated some of the common places where people get it wrong by giving up too early. Without those examples, my takeaway is “remember that holding on to the curiosity is often a good idea”, but with some more concrete examples my takeaway would be, “X, Y and Z are contexts where people often give up too early when they should be holding on to the curiosity, be sure to keep an eye out for those contexts”.
I’d like to take a point that I think is implicitly being made, and state it explicitly.
Holding on to the curiosity and pursuing a deeper understanding of things takes time, and the benefit isn’t always worth that cost. There are some situations where it is worth the cost, and there are others where it isn’t.
Furthermore, there are some particular types of situations where people tend to give up too easily when they should be taking the time to ask questions and pursue a deeper understanding. The domain of education tends to be one.
I find this post valuable as a reminder to not get lazy and consider holding on to the curiosity more often, but I’d find it more valuable if it explicitly stated some of the common places where people get it wrong by giving up too early. Without those examples, my takeaway is “remember that holding on to the curiosity is often a good idea”, but with some more concrete examples my takeaway would be, “X, Y and Z are contexts where people often give up too early when they should be holding on to the curiosity, be sure to keep an eye out for those contexts”.