I agree, among people my age (20s) that natural curiosity is almost completely lost. But I think its more than just the education, I think its what our society

I agree, among people my age (20s) that natural curiosity is almost completely lost. But I think its more than just the education, I think its what our society rewards and punishes. People who want to "change the world" have to take a lot of risks. But yet, everything about our society (government, education, friends) seem to frown upon taking big risks and reward living safely with some 9 to 5 job. For instance, there are so many pretty good programmers in my classes. Yet not one wants to start a startup or do something significant in this world. They all simply want to get a 9 to 5 job at a Google or Microsoft. Why? Probably because its so much safer to work at Google than try to create the next Google.