This is a part of a series of reflections, on occasional Sundays, from Next Big Idea co-founder Rufus Griscom about his experience hosting the weekly NBI podcast.
Here's another case for appreciating the interesting — we learn better when we can occupy a curious, disinterested state. Jonathan Haidt, with whom we had a great conversation recently, makes the case in The Righteous Mind that most of us have a tendency to use reason to justify opinions that we form based on group allegiances and emotional intuition. If we want to bust out of that, and actually have real conversations, we need to spend time simply ... being interested.
Here's another case for appreciating the interesting — we learn better when we can occupy a curious, disinterested state. Jonathan Haidt, with whom we had a great conversation recently, makes the case in The Righteous Mind that most of us have a tendency to use reason to justify opinions that we form based on group allegiances and emotional intuition. If we want to bust out of that, and actually have real conversations, we need to spend time simply ... being interested.
Novelty is spice of life , as they say.