Ja, ik geef toe, ik ben nogal nieuwsgierig van aard. Altijd in alles geïnteresseerd, meer willen weten, of het fijne er van willen kennen, info verzamelen, het neusje van de zalm, ben benieuwd, ...
Noem maar op. We zijn gewoon curieuzeneuzen.
Het laatste nummer van de 'The idler' brengt een ode aan deze menselijke eigenschap. Een ode? Jazekers!
"We are born free but are everywhere in chains.
Our culture needs some fresh air. We are boring ourselves to death by re-packaging the same flavourless pap based on a patronizing and second-hand version of what we think other people want. Meanwhile, out there, the world is as complex, beautiful, and mysterious as ever.
Which is why QI and The Idler have joined forces to celebrate curiosity.
Our culture needs some fresh air. We are boring ourselves to death by re-packaging the same flavourless pap based on a patronizing and second-hand version of what we think other people want. Meanwhile, out there, the world is as complex, beautiful, and mysterious as ever.
Which is why QI and The Idler have joined forces to celebrate curiosity.
As Dorothy Parker once sagely noted, curiosity is the cure for boredom, but there is no cure for curiosity. It is endless and free, unlike television, wine or the water in our taps. It is more pleasurable and reliable than sex. It’s what makes us human."
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