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little ones BY MAREN SCHMIDT Learning to Question J.RENEA PHOTOGRAPHY Information is an avalanche. Technology experts tell us that ev- ery two days we now create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003. To be able to dig ourselves out of this morass of words and images, in order to find our way and to live our 12 lives, learning to ask questions becomes an essential skill. First we have to ask big questions such as, “What is truly important to know?” These answers will be as varied as there are people on this planet. All of the answers will be right for each and every person asking the questions and hunting for the answers. Maybe not the right answer for me. Maybe not for you. What is vital is asking the questions. And continuing to question. It is pos- sible to build a life based on erroneous information, so we need to keep on questioning. Daniel Pink in his book, DRiVE: