Curiosity and evolution - Deepstash
Curiosity and evolution

Curiosity and evolution

From an evolutionary perspective, there’s good reason to keep looking, to be curious.

Information helps us make better choices and adapt to a changing environment.

1.43K

11.9K reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

christopher_gc

Whenever I have a problem I just sing, then I realize my voice is worse than my problem

The idea is part of this collection:

7 days with Seth Godin

Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection

How to develop a growth mindset

How to think creatively and outside the box

How to embrace change

Related collections

Similar ideas to Curiosity and evolution

Altruism and evolution

From an evolutionary point of view, altruism doesn’t seem to make any sense - human beings are basically selfish.
From a genetic point of view, it would make some sense to help the people close to us (relatives) to help our genes survive. But there is no real explanation for helping animals or...

3 main ways we can turn down the chatter in our heads

  1. Shifting our perspective
  2. Talking to others to get support; and
  3. Changing the environment around us

The first two work in moments of distress and allow us to make smarter choices, while the third is something that we can proactively do. How we think and how w...

Change The Environment

Often, our blocks result from us getting stuck in an unwanted pattern of thought. It becomes a routine and eventually an unwanted rut.

Changing your inner or outer environment disrupts our routines and can be incredibly effective at helping us broaden our perspective. U...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates