Why do any of us want to grow and learn, anyhow?

A world held by hands, meant to symbolize abundance

Wouldn't it be simpler to stay small, to stay quiet, to never think very much at all? Wouldn't it be easier and smooth our brains into manageable messes to make it so we just stay how we are, forever?

A world held by hands, meant to symbolize abundance

Sometimes I think about my parents growing up Monterrey, Mexico. They never pondered "how do I scale up my knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS, and other CS languages in order to have a sustainable career in an ever-growing, ever-changing technology market?"