questions to ask people
- of all the things that you do, what do you think you do best? what do you think you do worst?
- of all the things that i do, what am i worst at?
- where do you go to find people who think well?
- what do you want?
- what do you want?
- what are you most wrong about?
- what are some of the most important problems in your field? are you working on them? why/why not? (the hamming question)
- if you were put into a room with everyone you’ve ever known, who would you seek out first? (h/t blake)
- what something weird or unusual you did early on in life?
- given what we've talked about,
- what questions should i be asking you?
- what questions would you ask yourself, if you were in my position?
- who else should i talk to? could you make an intro?
- what have i done worst in this conversation? what's been most rude, or annoying, or unkind, or idiotic, etc etc?
- untested ones below — i can't personally vouch that they work well. half are stolen from tyler cowen's "talent"
- what blogs or sub Reddit do you read?
- what tabs do you have open on your browser right now?
- if we became friends, and then 3 to 6 months later, we stopped being friends, why would that be?
- pet projects you’re working on?
- what is something esoteric that you do?
- the world is a market, so what is your edge?
- what part of your life are you most unhappy about?
- what thoughts do you flinch from?
- of the various nonconsensus opinions you probably have, what's the most important one?