The Three Styles of Curiosity

March 12, 2025

Highlights

three different models of curiosity: • The busybody: The archetypal gossiper, busybodies like to pick up bits of information about a wide range of topics. They aren’t necessarily driven by a particular goal, but just by interest. • The hunter: Hunters seek out specific answers, so they follow a targeted path and try to avoid distractions. • The dancer: Dancers leap to new ideas, put existing ideas together in new ways, or find new ways of framing information. They don’t follow a traditional path.