exercise · all tools
Curiosity
Five minutes of asking a partner only what you are genuinely curious about, which they may answer or decline; a minute of feedback on the questions; three more minutes; then the asker gives three stems as a gift — first impression, where I felt you most, what I really get about you. The manual has played it on first dates, in job interviews and with strangers on planes, and offers speed, 'tapas' and escalating variations.
- Curiosity 2.0 asks each question to be deeper and more vulnerable than the last; that variation is a depth-3 exercise
Practical
- Time
- 25 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- dialogic-encounter, perspective-taking
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- authrev.org/ar-games-manual — Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
- Availability
- In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)
Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Authentic World; Speed Curiosity, Curiosity Tapas and Curiosity 2.0 from the Austin Love Juggernaut; Curiosity Empathy Mashup from Shaina List (Authentic Relating Toronto) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Related: The Noticing Game (pairs-with)
Variations in the manual: Speed Curiosity (two lines, thirty seconds each), Curiosity Tapas (rate your interest in answering on five fingers), Curiosity 2.0, and Curiosity Empathy Mashup.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31