[small_scombrus]

> some people are shockingly incurious and approach academia and life through a depressingly hollow transactional lens from the beginning

I feel like that's a result of prior bad experience. Noone goes into university, or even primary school a blank slate.

It's very easy to fall into a trap where education is transactional if that's what was modelled to you or that's how previous teachers treated you

[brailsafe]

I agree, but throughout those earlier steps as well, there's a sizable contingent of people who just never seem interested in asking "why" or "how"