Choose to be Curious Ep. #280: Curiosity & Choosing to Be Optimistic, with Kevin Kelly
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May 22, 2025 
Join Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick at Wired and co-chair of the Long Now Foundation, as he dives into the power of radical optimism. He shares how cultivating curiosity creates opportunities and fosters an abundance mindset. Kelly discusses innovative 'lighthouse parenting,' promoting independence while providing guidance. The conversation also highlights the importance of exploring unfamiliar topics and how curiosity can deepen relationships. Discover reasons to embrace imagination and self-discovery in this engaging discussion.
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Power of Chosen Optimism
- Choosing optimism is essential to creating the future we want to live in.
- Optimism enables us to imagine and work towards positive possibilities, not avoid problems.
Tech Spurs Problems and Opportunities
- Technology creates new problems but also expands our capacity to solve them and create choices.
- Our moral duty is to enable opportunities for unique genius to express themselves.
Embrace Pro-noia and Abundance
- Embrace pro-noia by believing the universe works in your favor.
- Abundance mindset encourages more creativity and productivity compared to scarcity thinking.
