{"id":5355,"date":"2026-06-24T09:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:19:57","slug":"curiosity-killed-the-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/curiosity-killed-the-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity Killed the Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little bit of curiosity is a great thing when used as a distraction from negative thinking or being out of sync with ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curiosity has its proper time and place in a controlled environment (such as when we consciously ritual), but in extremes it can move our interest and our participation levels up to an extreme level with all the regular consequences (just think of the naive naturalist studying butterflies by a pond who doesn\u2019t notice the alligator moving at him).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all questions need to be answered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s almost like the need for answers is as strong as the need to have sex. Sometimes the simple joy of the desire is all we need while the consummation will take the wind out of our sails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little bit of curiosity is a great thing when used as a distraction from negative thinking or being out of sync with ecosystems. Curiosity has its proper time and place in a controlled environment (such as when we consciously ritual), but in extremes it can move our interest and<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/curiosity-killed-the-cat\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-qualiens","post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9QShd-1on","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5355"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5527,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions\/5527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}