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FILE B-07
FILE 1: THE AI THREAT LANDSCAPE
- AI kills questions with convenience.
- But easy answers breed apathy.
- Curiosity - the discomfort of not knowing - is our evolutionary engine.
If everything is solved, nothing is interesting
FILE 2: THE SCIENCE EVIDENCE
- Information Gap Theory: tension = attention.
- Intrinsic Motivation: curiosity sustains creativity.
- Neural Reward System: dopamine fires at the edge of knowing.
DECLASSIFIED EVIDENCE FILE - How Your Brain Is Wired: An Owner’s Manual
“The added advantage of any positive actions we initiate is that we get a kick out of them too—it’s an indisputable fact: our brain activity shows this to be so. Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University, suggests kindness could be a kind of ‘psychological chocolate’ in that ‘people might actually enjoy doing kind things for others, and that might be an emotional engine for driving pro-social behaviors.’" (p. 49)
‘It is hard to resist the siren call of gratification right now and to choose instead to postpone it until a future time. However, we are perfectly happy to commit our future selves to hardships of one kind or another…” (p. 74)
‘With our eyes wide open, we can see the egocentric bias in our own behavior and in that of others. When we are more conscious of it in operation, we can be better receivers of information and also better at understanding a group dynamic.” (p. 213)
FILE 3: THE HUMAN EDGE OVER AI
- Curiosity can convert uncertainty into insight.
- Wonder can be your team’s hidden accelerator
FILE 4: INTELLIGENCE AND SKILLSETS GAINED
- Builds curiosity into your cultures.
- Ambiguity can turn into innovation.
- Fuel human-led discovery – make space for it.