Oct 28, 2025
“I, for example, started out my academic addiction (read: growing pretentiousness in hopes I’ll be the smartest in the room—it didn’t work) when I realised how much power someone has over you when they just know more. How fascinating one becomes when they speak of things you never heard of in a way that it makes your heart beat a little faster.”
Why we keep trying to gain knowledge
Read more on my own cabinet of curiosities and about the way I decided to take my brain and expand its knowledge
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