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> I/they/we must be able to do something more than whatever that is How can you possibly make that claim unless you understand what they're doing, and how can
by llamaimperative 2y ago
> I/they/we must be able to do something more than whatever that is
How can you possibly make that claim unless you understand what they're doing, and how can you understand what they're doing unless you're earnestly curious about it?
- bryant 2y ago> how can you understand what they're doing unless you're earnestly curious about it? The implied relationship between the two things mentioned here doesn't actually exist. It's perfectly possible to understand a system without ever being curious about it. E.g: 1) when food depends on it 2) when absorbed via osmosis or a byproduct of curiosity about an entirely unrelated topic. I have a robust understanding of quite a number of topics that I can promise you I've never been curious to learn anything about. I just soak it up like a sponge. Curiosity certainly helps. But to suggest that curiosity is a foundational requirement for understanding something misses the forest for the trees.
- llamaimperative 2y agoSure. Neither (1) nor (2) will help you discern which jobs are bullshit and which are not.