alt Hacker News> Curiosity isn’t simply what’s left after a complete education. It’s still there if the system doesn’t ruin it.
Yes, but also some people are shockingly incurious and approach academia and life through a depressingly hollow transactional lens from the beginning. Though if it was there to begin with, there's a good chance it'll be stripped away through the structuring of courses to be measurable first and intriguing second
> some people are shockingly incurious and approach academia and life through a depressingly hollow transactional lens from the beginning
I feel like that's a result of prior bad experience. Noone goes into university, or even primary school a blank slate.
It's very easy to fall into a trap where education is transactional if that's what was modelled to you or that's how previous teachers treated you