They only are if they're incentivized: most ignore the rewards, those you admire who don't ignore self-motivated open-minded-ness and curious-ness, they must ha

They only are if they're incentivized: most ignore the rewards, those you admire who don't ignore self-motivated open-minded-ness and curious-ness, they must have already been rewarded previously for having these traits, and so they continue to express them.