[sam_lowry_]

> The desire to learn and the utility of learning.

See also Profession by Isaac Asimov for a fictional story about the distinction between the desire to learn and the utility of learning: https://www.inf.ufpr.br/renato/profession.html

[zem]

and "the feeling of power", also by asimov, for a satirical take on what happens when no one learns stuff the computer can do for them.