{"id":11398,"date":"2019-12-09T14:46:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T22:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=11398"},"modified":"2020-01-11T04:18:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T12:18:16","slug":"why-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/09\/why-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Care About Learning?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago, when I was planning on writing Ultralearning<\/a>, a couple well-meaning friends told me not to do it. \u201cPeople don\u2019t care about learning,\u201d they told me.<\/p>\n

Having reached the Wall Street Journal<\/em> bestseller list, I’m glad they were wrong. Not merely for my own career as a writer, but because given how much I care about learning, it\u2019s sad to envision a world people don\u2019t care much about it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not fooling myself. I know that, on the whole, most people would rather debate politics than governance, read gossip rather than science or indulge in comforting superstitions rather than grapple with a complex reality. But I\u2019m happy, at least, that the space of people interested in learning is large enough to support me and my work.<\/p>\n

In recording dozens of interviews<\/a> for Ultralearning, I often get asked why I care so much. Often the person pokes at my childhood or other life experiences that make me so interested in learning. But I prefer the flip-side of the question: how can it be that other people aren\u2019t<\/em> interested?<\/p>\n

Why I Care About Learning<\/h2>\n
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