Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Jonny Miller, podcast transcript, Curious Humans, 9 August 2023 source ↗
Well, this has changed in the course of my life. In my early career, my development of the so-called new systematics was the thing I was very proud of, and at the species level everybody followed my idea. The latest thing I’m most proud of that has not yet been fully appreciated by the philosophers is my development of the philosophy of biology.
As an honest person who did his best.
It’s up to them.
Often, with laughter.
there was a year and a half after I sold my company where I felt adrift. I had a vague desire to slough off all responsibility. I had all the money now, so I had total freedom. Sold the company, I had nothing I had to do. I had nowhere I had to be.
My mentor heard it and said, “Derek, you’re just not a singer. You really need to stop trying. Admit you’re a songwriter, and find a real singer.”
Vulnerability. Mutual admiration. Wide open communication. Yeah. Those are my big three.
I am mostly full time dad and my time is mostly at the mercy of an awesome little boy. I write when I can.
In the end, I had to pay $3.3 million dollars to buy back that 90%.
I love days where I just work uninterrupted from 6am to 10pm, stopping just for a little exercise. These are my favorite days, and always have been.
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