I’m Less Interested in Having the Right Answers

I yave realized that I am less interested in having the right answers and more interested in asking better questions.

For a long time, school subtly trained me to value certainty. The correct option. The model answer. The mark scheme. But somewhere between reading about economic systems, studying human behavior, and observing the world around me, I began to feel uneasy with neat conclusions. Most real problems don’t come with answer keys.

Why do two people respond so differently to the same opportunity?

Why do well-intentioned policies sometimes deepen inequality?

Why does growth look impressive on paper but feel absent on the ground?

These questions do not have single, comfortable answers, and that’s exactly what draws me to them.

When I started exploring economics and psychology beyond the classroom, I was not searching for validation that I “knew enough.” I was chasing the discomfort of not knowing. Writing research pieces and essays taught me that the most meaningful progress often begins with doubt. Every statistic hides a story. Every theory carries assumptions. Every solution creates new problems.

Even my work outside academics reflects this instinct. Whether it’s working with local artisans, building student-led initiatives, or using art as a medium for social awareness, I’ve noticed that impact rarely comes from arriving with answers. It comes from listening, observing, and reframing the question altogether. Instead of asking, How do we help? I learned to ask, What does growth mean to you?

Curiosity, I’ve learned, is not passive. It’s an active choice to sit with complexity rather than rush toward conclusions. Asking better questions demands humility, the acceptance that my understanding is incomplete and that learning is never finished.

I doesn’t aspire to be the person who speaks the loudest or concludes the fastest. I want to be the one who notices what others overlook, who connects ideas across disciplines, and who isn’t afraid to challenge the framing of the problem itself.

Because the world does not need more people who are certain. It needs more people who are curious enough to question certainty.

And maybe, in learning how to ask better questions, we move a little closer to answers that actually matter.