How the calendar eats away at our curiosity
In a world where even coffee breaks have their own slots in Google Calendar, learning has become just another item to check off. We want to grow, but squeezed between meetings and tasks, we treat learning as a duty, not an adventure. Meanwhile, curiosity doesn’t work with calendar invites.
“Now, let’s go! Before we realize this is a really bad idea!” – King Julien
King Julian from Madagascar probably never imagined that he would become an authority on adult education. But hey, he hit the nail on the head. In just a few words, he captured the whole philosophy of contemporary learning: faster, louder, more efficient, meticulously planned down to the minute, but without reflection, without curiosity, and often—unfortunately—without a clear idea.
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