Written by: Jiya Sapkota - 25003, Grade IX
Posted on: 08 February, 2022
Often people misunderstand curiosity as an eagerness to know things, but it is a good trait that someone can have. Of course, not in a huge amount but in such an amount that it wouldn't cause any problem to anyone or anything. Not having curiosity at all can cause a lot of trouble because it wouldn't help us to choose a path right away and we would have to brainstorm every single second.
Curiosity makes us think about something in such a way that we would even be able to know about something’s pros and cons. It would even help us know about something with much information. If someone is dealing with a confusion regarding what they truly like, then they shouldn't be wasting their time saying that they have nothing to do or nothing they like. They should be going around playing with their mind, using search engines to find a hobby. And finding a new term will easily help to raise the curiosity inside them and they will try to know about it as much as they can. Mocking someone saying, “curious child” isn't something moral to do because the child you mock might know much more things than you do. You call them curious for a reason. Curious mind can even turn a normal boring world into an imagination. You know, they see something and they begin to think why they are the way they are. They start to object and question their existence and that's what makes them geniuses. And my main point is, if our ancestors weren't curious enough then we wouldn't be living in the state we are right now. If they were not updating their life and using their curious minds we wouldn't go from living in huts to living in apartments. A person might be needing advice and they wouldn't know about it, and they will seek advice from someone else and hearing them would make them curious about a topic and will now be eager to know about a lot. Being curious is beneficial for a company or an organization too. For example, you have to promote your business and you upload a video on youtube; you title it as “a good day in my office” and end up getting no likes and views. But if you keep the same video with a thumbnail and caption “How I almost lost my job” that could somehow attract viewers, it is technically a clickbait. You will get a lot of views. Because you know, seeing something like that would often make a curious mind force to click on it and know about it. And that sort of thing will make people curious.
“Surprising benefits of curiosity”, the benefits of curiosity are not surprising. Curiosity is one of the best traits a person can have. Although, curiosity could make someone anxious. It still helps an anxious person to gain the satisfaction after getting the information they were looking for.
