Humanity has come as far as it has, because we are curious by nature. We want to know more about the world, the need to look for answers is almost an instinct.
Sadly, somehow that curiosity is hammered out during childhood. We are told not to ask, to conform with a set of answers given to us to memorize. The need to go and seek those answers by ourselves is taken away, we are told that we aren't good enough to do it.
Yet, we need to cultivate that curiosity. Instead of suppressing it, we should be giving our children the tools to look for their own answers in an effective way. Let's make being curious a good thing, something to be proud of. Curiosity brings good things for all when it's given the tools process the information found, so that the information obtained can be used in a way that benefits in as many ways possible.
There is an urgent need to cultivate curiosity, not take out. The problem isn't questioning the world around us, it's that we don't strive to understand it. If we understand the world around us, we can actually make things better for society and the individual.
It's vital for our long term survival to foment curiosity in ways that it brings positive change, we need to give it the tools to do so not suppress it. We have come so far because of curiosity, and taking away is the best way to harm our future.
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