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March 13, 2013 07:56 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7fcWLnHsVnk/why-are-we-curious.html
Why are we curious?
Another great ramble from the always-fascinating Venkatesh Rao entitled "The Dead-Curious Cat and the Joyless Immortal," considers several explanations for our species' curiosity, and asks whether our weird, ubiquitous artificial life-forms (corporations) share this trait, and why: Alone among the curious animals (though this seems like a conceit that more research might invalidate), we seem [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7fcWLnHsVnk/why-are-we-curious.html
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