A more beautiful question book summary full write up can be found here - https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/more-beautiful-question-book-summary/
Questioning is like a superpower. It allows us to question our own realities and come up with new ones. Too often we take answers as absolutes and never check in on them, never see if their value has diminished over time. Answers are dependant on time and context, if one was to open a petrol station during the horse and carriage times, it would sound ridiculous, however, that would be far from the case if it was done today.
In Warren Berger's fantastic book 'A More Beautiful Question' he describes a world in which our inquisitiveness is being suppressed. From the time we are born to the time we die, we are constantly questioning, just maybe not as much as we should. He emphasises the point that our parents, teachers and bosses may be unintentionally conditioning us out of our ability to question.
In the last hundred years, we have predominantly focused on acquiring answers, however in today's world with google and youtube at your fingertips, who needs answers when you can ask the right questions. Warren poses the argument that questions are more valuable in today's economy as they are able to open areas that competitors aren't aware of, thus creating an advantage.
Such a great book, I can't recommend it enough. Personally I think questioning is one of the best traits one can have, it opens up doors that you didn't even know existed. If anything is an absolute answer, it is to question.
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