%% [[Feedback]] tags:: #note/thing | #on/aim | #on/feedback | #on/emotion | #on/behavior people:: #people/jennyrudolph # curiosity Lon Setnik dates:: 2022-07-19 %% *How I explore the world with intention of learning.* “He who best describes the problem is most likely to solve it.” The laws of creativity page 106 from Josh Kaufman: personal MBA This reminds me of [[The Basic Assumption (TM)]], the idea that the world and everyone in it has a reason, a frame, a set of drivers and incentives that cause actions. Those are the real forces, the forces present when I am able to [[Identifying Reality]], then I am able to get closer to the truth. Since there is a gap between work as designed and work as done and work as described, the curiosity lets us use [[accidental feedback]] to get closer and closer to being effective. Eventually, one achieves [[Peak performance]] through this process exploring with curiosity and getting [[Feedback]]. It's kind of like [[Learning]] through seeing the world as it really is, not as we wish it was. It's kind of like an emotion, and since [[emotion changes the world we are in]], if we view curiosity through that lens, we can through [[Self-Regulated Learning]] potentially fall into this emotional state of curiosity, and experience the world through that lens. Curiosity is the behavior or emotion of exploration. Scientific inquiry involves exploration. This is a key attribute involved in the process of [[Learning]]. Some people have described curiosity as an [[Feeling]], I still need to process that idea. I feel like curiosity is emotion adjacent, but it is a frame of mind. This matters for me because I believe in lifelong learning, I believe [[😀 Better is always possible]] as a core attribute to me as a human and as a living being. This is my driver. If I didn't believe it, I wouldn't keep trying, and how sad would that be? ### What would the opposite argument be? I think this is what is making me so sad about our current healthcare system, I wonder if I have lost faith in the idea that better is possible as a system? I do keep the faith that ## Sources: > Curiosity (from Latin cūriōsitās, from cūriōsus "careful, diligent, curious", akin to cura "care") is a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in humans and other animals. Curiosity is heavily associated with all aspects of human development, in which derives the process of learning and desire to acquire knowledge and skill.The term curiosity can also be used to denote the behavior or emotion of being curious, in regard to the desire to gain knowledge or information. Curiosity as a behavior and emotion is attributed over millennia as the driving force behind not only human development, but developments in science, language, and industry. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity)