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We've come to misunderstand attention, mistaking diversive attention, our appeal to novel stimuli, as the real thing. This leaves us floundering in a world of Angry Parrots, live tweeting, and fleeting, click-through interruptions. Leslie shows how these interruptions have led to a decrease in deep, sustained quests for knowledge and understanding - what he phone calls epistemic attention - which depends on effort and persistence, and empathic attention, that leads us to speculate about the thoughts and thoughts of others. Drawing on fascinating research from mindset, sociology, and business, Curious talks about what feeds true attention and what starves it, and uncovers shocking answers. Curiosity isn't a quality you can count on to go on an eternity, but a mental muscle that atrophies without regular exercise. It's not something special, but a behavior. Filled with motivating stories, case studies and functional advice, Curious charts a way to a more fulfilling, important - and useful - life.
