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abecedarius · 2021-06-28 · Original thread
Yeah. This sounds like a good place to start: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Engineering-Curiosity-Performs...
jcurbo · 2021-01-10 · Original thread
There's also this book by Emily Lakdawalla, "The Design and Engineering of Curiosity"

https://www.amazon.com/Design-Engineering-Curiosity-Performs...

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