Curiosity may have killed a cat or two, but can you imagine life without it? We’d be puffed up with certainty; willfully ignorant blobs happy to consume whatever dreck’s put in front of us, happy to parrot any conspiracy theory or celebrity gossip or whatever the latest outrage is that algorithmic or human manipulators want us to spread. Doesn’t sound too exciting, does it? So, yeah, curiosity is pretty essential for a mindful, deliberate life. It prevents us from stagnating and beating our heads against the walls of our own echo chambers. It keeps us open to new ideas and Read More …