This is fascinating. As a fellow knowledge worker and curiosity advocate, I can absolutely relate with you about the conflict that we have with ourselves.
I have always blamed the "system" for putting us into this place, about not letting our curiosity thrive and be the primary objective.
Is it necessarily a bad thing if you spend the time working/researching on a topic that contributes to the greater good?
Yeah, definitely. Even if it's not for the greater good, shouldn't learning be good in and of itself? I've been trying to move away from the mindset of "oh my god I just wasted 20 minutes learning about XYZ that I could've used to do ABC".
This is fascinating. As a fellow knowledge worker and curiosity advocate, I can absolutely relate with you about the conflict that we have with ourselves.
I have always blamed the "system" for putting us into this place, about not letting our curiosity thrive and be the primary objective.
Is it necessarily a bad thing if you spend the time working/researching on a topic that contributes to the greater good?
Yeah, definitely. Even if it's not for the greater good, shouldn't learning be good in and of itself? I've been trying to move away from the mindset of "oh my god I just wasted 20 minutes learning about XYZ that I could've used to do ABC".
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