In a 2022 Substack post Ann Tomoko Rosen poses some thought-provoking questions about the current status of curiosity:
As satisfying as it can be to come to a thoughtful conclusion or have our personal beliefs validated, it is curiosity that drives our creativity and promotes the mental flexibility that is essential for problem solving and, well, growing as human beings. So why would we outsource it or eliminate it? Are we that afraid of uncertainty? Are we that attached to being right? And is that even possible all the time? I don’t believe it is.
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