Apologies for the late reply, but that's precisely my point: if I only did lazy learning, I would've missed awesome opportunities. Of course, I can never know

Apologies for the late reply, but that's precisely my point: if I only did lazy learning, I would've missed awesome opportunities. Of course, I can never know everything. I do both: I learn things as needed to get something done, and I learn things just because they fascinate me and might prove useful later. That latter part—gaining knowledge for the sake of knowledge—has been an amazing benefit, specifically by giving me a better map of what's possible, and how the seemingly impossible might be done. IOW, I consider lazy learning necessary, because no one can know everything, but not something I'd encourage for its own sake, because sometimes you have to know something before you can know when it'll be useful. I absolutely encourage playing around just to learn more about your craft—you'll learn things that will prove useful later.