Reflection on Asimov's Interview

The love of learning is the framework to the vision of the future. When people study and do things related to something they have so much curiosity for, those people naturally leave legacies that other take for granted. Asimov's passion in astronomy led him to write many books on it, and he hopes that people will still read them after his death. Just as Asimov mentioned, the path to self learning out of pure love is not easily made in today's society. When people think of "learning", they only think of the one where you go to school and listen to lectures and do homework. In most cases, people believe that this type of forced learning is the only kind of learning out there. But the real truth is that learning can happen anywhere, anytime, for any subject. It is when people find that passion when their curiosity, creativeness, and thinking all start to come together like a strong gravitational pull and create a new level of learning that can only be experienced by that person's ability. The value of having this experience, and continuing to fuel your own learning transcends above the mass oriented curriculum that hopes to be a "one size fits all", and therefore should be of value to the vision of the future. There is a chinese proverb that says "the journey is the reward", and I think that is what the love of learning is. Sure, reaching the end is important, but the process of learning about your passion is far more valuable.