Curious by Ian Leslie

7.5 out of 10

"The more unpredictable the environment, the more important a seemingly unnecessary breadth and depth of knowledge become."

"'If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared today, what would be the most difficult thing to explain to them about life today?'  :  'I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the entirety of information known to man.  I use it to look at pictures of cats and get in arguments with strangers.'"

 "'You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world around you devastated by evil lunatics, or know the honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then--to learn.'"