I agree that intellectual curiosity seems to taper off after a certain point. I don't really blame this on the education system specifically, as he does. I thin

I agree that intellectual curiosity seems to taper off after a certain point. I don't really blame this on the education system specifically, as he does. I think at a certain point in their lives human beings just tend to find their rut and continue in it. I observe this across different countries, and throughout history, so I conclude that's it's largely biological, though I grant you the environment may contribute to it. I disagree with the bit about simplicity existing on the other side of complexity. Nothing in my life has turned out that way: I find mountains on the other side of mountains. Everything I learn a lot about just leads to more complexity. Maybe that means I've never gotten over the hump of the distribution, but there are at least a couple things I'm considered an "expert" in, and it's just as (if not more) true in those domains.