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Gina Pell, founder of The What and the person who coined the term Perennials for people who remain relevant and ever-growing regardless of age, says curiosity is the core of everything she does, because if you are not curious you are simply concentrating on everything you already know, parking, and staying still. She makes one observation that stops the conversation: the curious caveman was the one who left the cave, walked past the supposedly flat earth, and pushed the boundaries of what was known. In Chinese, curious is 好奇 (hào qí): 好 (hào) here means to love or be fond of, the same character as good but in its fourth tone, and 奇 (qí) is something strange, unusual, or refreshing and new, so to be curious is to be fond of discovering something new and strange. 好奇心 (hào qí xīn) is curiosity itself, with 心 (xīn) the heart added at the end, because in Chinese, curiosity is not just a thought: it is the heart’s desire for what is new.
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*⏰ TIMESTAMPS:*
0:00 - Introducing Gina Pell and the word for curious
1:00 - 好奇 (hào qí): fond of the strange and new, and why 好 has two different tones
1:45 - 好奇心 (hào qí xīn): curiosity as the heart’s desire for what is new
2:30 - Gina on Perennials: the people who never stop growing because they never stop being curious
3:15 - The curious caveman who left the cave and walked past the flat earth
4:00 - Gina on writing a book about Perennials and why curiosity pushes you outside your comfort zone
In Chinese, curiosity is 好奇心: the heart’s love of something strange and new. The language understood that curiosity is not a thought. It is a feeling.
*📖 KEY VOCABULARY:*
Curious: 好奇 (hào qí)
To love, to like: 好 (hào)
Strange, unusual: 奇 (qí)
Curiosity: 好奇心 (hào qí xīn)
*👤 ABOUT THE GUEST:*
Gina Pell is an award-winning creative director and tech entrepreneur. She coined the term Perennials in 2016 to describe ever-blooming people of all ages who remain relevant without being defined by their generation. She is Content Chief of The What, a fast-growing newsletter of five eclectic things you should know about every week. She co-founded Splendora.com in 1999, which was acquired by Joyus in 2011.
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