What inspires you to learn?

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Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017

This exact prompt is one of Vox's nine recurring questions about intellectual habits.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Geoffrey Rush said elsewhere, not written here
I still regularly read New Scientist to try to keep up with quantum theory and cosmological discoveries and so forth. And I read National Geographic—that’s not a plug.

Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 3 February 2017 source ↗

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Arthur Ashkin Physicist; Nobel laureate in physics for the invention of optical tweezers
Wonder Why would say, 'Why is the sky blue?'…Then Wonder Why would tell you. I was fascinated, because I wanted to know how things worked ... that was my introduction to science.
Recorded Hilary Brueck, Business Insider interview at Ashkin's home, 26 January 2019 source ↗
Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
In that brief transition time, it felt like the question to ask yourself is what is the biggest learning opportunity? Where can I grow more?
Recorded Jason Kleinberg, book club transcript, Roam Book Club, 1 November 2021 source ↗
Abby Wambach United States international footballer, 2001–2015
the time that I got to spend with my teammates, the learning about life and about different people's beliefs and different people's opinions about things, those are the things that I'll take away. Those are the things that I'm going to value the most about my time spent on the team.
Recorded Terry Gross, Fresh Air Archive, 14 September 2016 source ↗
Jensen Huang Co-founder, president and chief executive of NVIDIA
I’m surrounded by 60 people that are doing smart things all the time. They probably don’t realize it but I’m learning constantly from every single one of them.
Recorded Patrick Collison, Stripe Sessions 2024, 2024 source ↗

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