{"id":228809,"date":"2020-06-17T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=226822"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T09:30:19","slug":"curious-types-7-an-autodidact-with-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/curious-types-7-an-autodidact-with-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious types (7): An autodidact with ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the Corona crisis makes something clear to us, it is that the solutions of the past no longer work for today\u2019s problems. But in order to achieve those new solutions and create real innovations that benefit society, something has to change in the way we look at the world. Curiosity, the basis for everything we do at Innovation Origins, is crucial, as the research of\u00a0Danae Bodewes<\/a>\u00a0shows. In a series of interviews, she talks to curious types who each in their own way provide the building blocks for a life filled with curiosity.\u00a0Here\u2019s the complete series so far<\/a>.<\/em> [NB: this interview took place in the spring of 2019 – please read the epilogue for an update]<\/em><\/p>\n

Curious types: Justin Stomp (18), autodidact with ambitions, b-boy, and pupil<\/h1>\n

Breakdancing on your head and solving a Rubik’s cube at the same time? Justin Stomp taught himself the trick and entered the finals of Holland’s Got Talent in 2016. I interviewed Justin to find out more about his enormous will to explore and learn. How is it possible that with an attitude like that, school is so difficult? Justin, when we meet, is 2 months away from his final school exam.<\/p>\n

What’s curiosity to you?<\/h3>\n

For me, curiosity is that you’re very curious about how something works. You want to know all about it. You do this by examining it. What mechanisms and history are behind it? Who knows?<\/p>\n

How curious do you think you are?<\/h3>\n

I’m curious about some things, not others. In general, I find myself curious. I’d like to know why something is like this or why it works like this. I won’t settle for it “it’s just like this<\/em>“. I also like to investigate things when I’m interested in them. I’ll observe how it works and then dive right in. Unfortunately, I don’t have this at school and I’m not curious about school topics.<\/p>\n

Can you tell me how you learned to solve a Rubik’s cube so quickly?<\/h3>\n

I was at my aunt’s house and saw a Rubik’s cube lying there. I wanted to solve it, but I couldn’t. I thought I could do this. I was looking on Youtube for a way to fix it. When I finally could do it, I wanted to be able to do it faster and looked again on Youtube to find out how to do it. Then I was able to dissolve the cube within 15 seconds. At my dance group, someone said for fun to do the Rubik’s cube with dancing together. That was five years ago.<\/p>\n