The Art of a Good Question Is Some

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Ono: Great parenting is going back to the model of e class room or seminare of inquiry. To teach people the art of a good question is some or child, you know, as is apparent. It it really gets at a lot of what makes us human and i think that's an amazing thing. I love this thing that nabakov said, about curiosity is the purest form ofinsubordat a.

Why are some people incurious? Is curiosity a teachable thing? And why, if all knowledge can be googled, is curiosity now the domain of a small elite? Listen as Ian Leslie, author of Curious, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts why curiosity is a critical virtue, why it's now in dangerous decline, and why, when it comes to what sustains long-term fascination, mysteries beat puzzles every time.