In youth it's easier to want to learn something even if you don't know what it's for. At least it was for me. I blame evolutionary optimization: Kids (which, be

In youth it's easier to want to learn something even if you don't know what it's for. At least it was for me. I blame evolutionary optimization: Kids (which, behaviorally, today includes plenty of people in their thirties) don't know what they're going to do, and don't know what they'll need for it.