The blog will pick a word of the week, to share & explore the selected word. Here’s an expression for the word – curiosity. Defined as a a strong desire to know or learn something new. Curiosity as a behaviour & emotion is the driving force behind human development. A curious mindset makes learning more effective & enjoyable. A beautiful quality related to inquisitive thinking, humility & exploration.
Curiosity is a powerful force that fuels passion, creativity, growth, discovery & happiness. “All knowledge is connected to all other knowledge. The fun is in making the connections. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious” – Albert Einstein. With self-belief, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the beauty of the human spirit.
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today, there is just one. Us. Homo Sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities & kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations & human rights; to trust money, books & laws; to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables & consumerism? What will our world be like in the millennia to come?
In Sapiens, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical breakthroughs of the cognitive, agricultural & scientific revolutions. Explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, even our personalities. Can we ever free our behaviour from the legacy of our ancestors? What, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come? Bold & provocative, Sapiens integrates history & science to challenge everything we thought we knew about being human – our thoughts, our actions, our emotions, our heritage & our future. Incredible.
