Opinion | Why Aren't We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curious About? - The New York Times - 3 views
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why do I so often learn things I don’t want to know? When I’m surfing the web I want to be drawn in by articles on Europe’s political history or the nature of quasars, but I end up reading trivia like a menu from Alcatraz prison. Why am I not curious about the things I want to be curious about?
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if you understand what prompts curiosity, you may be able to channel it a little better.
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Across evolutionary time, curious animals were more likely to survive because they learned about their environments;
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