To learn new things? For entertainment? Any other reason?

enjoyment and pleasure, gaining knowledge and perspective, expanding vocabulary

For me, it's enjoyment, understanding the rules of a specific medium, strengthening my writing skills, and storytelling crafting

To learn

for pleasure, for knowledge, for perspective ultimately.

good question considering i can’t remember a lot of it w anterograde amnesia but just practice to bolster my cognitive functioning

Feeds my superiority complex + pleasure