There is interesting contrarian discussion arguing against Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Sir Ken Robinson about schools killing creativity. The more ideas (facts) we have in our head, the more opportunity for combining them into new creative patterns. This is something I can agree with.

Pursuing (curiosity) is liable to bring you into conflict with authority at some point, as everyone from Galileo to Charles Darwin to Steve Jobs could have attested.” Okay, I might win the medal for bad parenting, but in theory, I think I am aware of how to do it better, and this book is a concise summary of a common sense approach to stimulation of curiosity.

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Curiosity is a book that is both entertaining and informative. Written with a passion and pace that will keep the reader both entertained and engaged throughout. If you ever wondered why you know longer wonder, if you think you have it all figured out but can’t shake that sneaky feeling that perhaps you don’t or if you are just fed up with being told that it is not your job to ask questions this book is worthy of a gander. Por fim, se tiverem encontrado, ou procurado, este livro de Manguel para saber mais sobre a curiosidade humana, aconselho antes a leitura de "Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It" (2014) de Ian Leslie.

There is a sadness to reading ‘Curiosity’, as it is quite possibly Manguel’s final such book. He is my favourite author of books-about-books, as his writing is thoughtful, profound, humane, and informed by a lifetime of reading. Here, Manguel talks about suffering a stroke and his intuition that he will not live much longer, something he has made peace with. Nonetheless, this is not an inherently unhappy book. Rather, it is tribute to the curiosity of humanity about the world, each other, and ourselves throughout history. To lend structure to this incredibly broad topic, Manguel uses Dante’s La Divina Commedia. His love of La Divina Commedia has convinced me to read it; ‘Curiosity’ is a very effective book recommendation as well as a social history and philosophical enquiry.Highly recommended for any science-curious children and any rover-obsessed grown-ups (like myself)!

Neither Zurn nor Bassett are technically historians, but you wouldn’t know it from reading their book. The former researches political philosophy at American University in Washington DC while the latter is a professor of physics, astronomy, engineering, neurology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Still, Curious Minds is full of historical titbits, such as the Roman essayist Plutarch’s antidotes to the “disease” of curiosity (leave your letters unopened, don’t have sex with your wife, walk away from intriguing sounds in the distance!) The author traverses the topic through research and many stories and examples. He discusses the impact of modern digital technology on curiosity and presents a very strong argument for the importance of knowledge and knowledge-based education in supporting and cultivating curiosity. My only complaint is that I felt it was light on content and wish it delved deeper into the topics discussed.⁣ I felt that rare sensation of believing that this book was written TO me, as it touched on themes very near and dear to me (i.e.- “daydreaming���). Follow these questions. Capture them for later exploration. See to what subjects they take you, or what aspects of yourself they bring to light. There you may uncover the passion or unique value proposition to light up your self, your business, and brand. Maybe you are still as curious as ever, but you would like to channel that innate curiosity into new ways to develop your self, your business, and your brand.

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This book is about Curiosity, but it's largely about science in general -- about questions and answers and why we send all these robots into space to begin with. I like how the grander desire for exploration is expressed so clearly throughout the story of the robot, making the scope much larger than just one robot or planet. The story is told from the perspective of Curiosity itself, and that plus the eye in the cover picture made me a bit wary, because it can be easy for the personification of non-human characters to distract from the story or veer into absurdity. But I think it works here. Curiosity's story is still told in a straightforward, nonfictional manner -- the personification wasn't done for entertainment value but instead to help keep the narrative relatable and focused. Dante dizelerini, kantolarını zihnindeki edebi, bilimsel, teolojik ve felsefi kaynaklardan ve olağanüstü günlük hayat gözlemlerinden faydalanarak yazmış. Manguel, merak dışında neyi bilmek isrediğimiz, nasıl akıl yürüttüğümüz, nasıl sorguladığımız, neye sahip olabiliriz gibi bazı soruların yanısıra dil, benlik, yerimiz, hayvan, farklılıklarımız, hakikat gibi konuları Dante ve “İlahi Komedya”da aramış, iz sürmüş. Bazı bölümlerde (örneğin nasıl sorgularız bölümü gibi) çok ayrıntıya kaçmış, teolojik açıklamlar özellikle de Talmud üzerinde gereğinden çok bilgi-yorum yapmış. Buna karşın hayvanlar bölümünde Dante’nin anlaşılmaz bir şekilde “köpekler” için çok olumsuz, aşağılayıcı sıfatlar kullanmasını irdelemesi çok ilginç geldi bana, hem “İlahi Komedya”daki içerik hem de Manguel’in yorumu açısından.

This story tells the story of the Mars Rover, Curiosity. In her own voice, Curiosity tells readers about her mission: to explore the red planet and work to discover if there is or ever was life on Mars. The story begins by sharing the creation of Curiosity to answering questions such as: How did she get her name? What special devices does she have on board to help her with her mission? How did the NASA team launch Curiosity over 350,000,000 miles to explore our neighboring planet? Curiosity is an informative and inspiring story of man’s continuous quest to explore our universe and continue to learn. I found _Curious_ to be interesting, but disappointing. I was disappointed because a majority of the book was dedicated to unrelated diversions. If you're an avid reader like me of non-fiction self-help, psychology, business, and biography literature you will be familiar with a majority of the anecdotal tangents contained herein. The entrepreneurial fairy tales of Steve Jobs and Walt Disney; the inquisitiveness and creativity of Ben Franklin; the success predicting ability of "grit" and the marshmallow test (boy do I get tired of reading about this test -- I probably would failed it as a child, yet I'm a successful adult); and so forth. I was hoping for a more detailed discussion of curiosity, particularly how to _cultivate_ curiosity, but it wasn't there. In a world where inequalities in access to information are being leveled, a new divide is emerging - between the curious and the incurious. “The internet is making smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.” PERSONAL TAKEAWAY:__ _Ask questions._ As technologies like Google make answers increasingly easier to access, success is no longer measured by controlling information (having answers). Instead, success is going to be gained by those individuals who ask the right questions. Fortunately, I am not shy about asking questions which is probably a symptom (and a cause) of my curiosity. The botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer faced early criticism of her work, which attempts to weave together modern practice and Native American knowledge. She is a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation. Photograph: Dale Kakkak

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Curiosity has always constituted an evolutionary advantage. In a complex world that’s even more true as it’s impossible to know what might be useful in the future. Hence it’s important to spread our cognitive bets, i.e. to be curious. Curiosity as a personality trait is a solid predictor of academic and professional success. The author combines the results of research with anecdotes to provide an illuminating volume on why curiosity is so important to lifelong learning and our advancement as a global society. He examines the risks inherent in some current technological trends, such as smart phones and internet searches, and how to overcome them. He looks at what arouses curiosity and what quenches it.