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on the art of asking questions, as well as examples of good questions to use in all areas of your life - team building, interviewing, improving relationships, research, and more
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good questions
What does slow AI look like?
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
We’ve assumed that the way we interact with it is instantaneous. Are we sure that’s right? What if we want to see things, refine things, consider things. I think we want to mull them over. I think we want to discuss them.
In contrast, good planning explores, imagines, analyzes, tests, and iterates. That takes time. Thus, slow is a consequence of doing planning right, not a cause. The cause of good planning is the range and depth of the questions it asks and the imagination and the rigor of the answers it delivers. Notice that I put “questions” before “answers.” It’
... See moreBent Flyvbjerg • How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
"Are you still under the illusion that you'll one day reach a point in your life where you no longer have any problems?"
Oliver Burkeman • What if You Never Sort Your Life Out? | Oliver Burkeman
What are the layers of resistance you have to overcome?
downloading new tools today feels like opening a cockpit with 40 years of features.
how will natural language interfaces change this?
What’s worse: Offending someone or lying to someone? Saying something stupid when it’s your turn, or not saying anything? Tell me which, and I’ll tell you your problem.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
v good quesrions
a great question to ask a company when doing dilligence:
"What's a feature request that you get a lot, but that you will never build?"
Helps understand where the focus of the team is
what is ine idea you’d defend like this?