Quick announcement - I have 5 days to raise funds to to make the first deposit of rare language materials from endangered/extinct languages into the Arctic World Archive. We've got $1,300 committed so far. This is one of the first huge steps on our mission to preserve the world's languages at Lingua Aeterna. We're depositing language data (books, ... See more

@mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you an expert in? What have you noticed recently that seemed broken? If you were going to build something just for fun, what would it be?

Peter Thiel will also sometimes ask potential hires, “What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?”

16. The truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than “Is this true?” is “In what scenario is this true?”

What's a small change you've made that's led to big results in your life?

What is the highest-growth environment you’ve ever been in? What made it that way? (growth interpreted broadly: professional, in hobbies, interpersonal, etc)

thread of questions I am trying out (feedback welcome!)