Four (or Five?) Levels of Curious

In praise of finding out. Plus The Heard.

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A recent Nieman Storyboard item titled “Notes from a nonfiction writing workshop” includes this passage (quoting directly, although I’ve broken it up and added bullets):

There are four kinds of people when it comes to being curious about the world and asking questions.

• The first one walks down the street and notices nothing.

• The second,…