Ne types, when did you begin active seeking?
inb4 most :Ne: thread in existence.
I think a key aspect to :Ne: is avoiding losing intellectual freedom. For instance, when it comes to looking at various religious, spiritual or ethical systems, :Ne: sees the raw materials for constructing its own beliefs, rather than systems that must be committed too. This is the "passive" aspect of :Ne: seeking.
"Active" seeking would be, personally, the point at which I realised that I can't look at a thing and appraise its full potential unless I have a large bank of knowledge about stuff. You only get new ideas by adapting old ones; so information-seeking becomes an imperative.
Back to the title, my question is thus: when did you have that moment where you realised you wanted or needed to start learning more about the world for some end?