What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

Originally asked

Peter Thiel, to job candidates, Zero to One, chapter 1, 2014

Peter Thiel, Zero to One, chapter 1, where it is introduced as his job-interview question. Thiel supplies his own standard: a good answer takes the form "most people believe x, but the truth is the opposite of x."

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded David Vélez said elsewhere, not written here
Pix is probably the most successful payment infrastructure run by a government in history. I think Pix has been what has allowed a country like Brazil to leapfrog developed economies like the U.S. and in Europe, and has positioned Brazil today probably five years ahead of the U.S. I don't think anybody understands that, and probably in the U.S. they didn't really expect that.

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, interview, Fortune, 9 October 2023 source ↗

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Blake Masters Venture capitalist; co-author of Zero to One; 2022 U.S. Senate candidate in Arizona
Well, I'd say that I'm actually optimistic about the future of our country. That's not a sentiment most people share today. Especially on the Right, it's increasingly common to feel pessimistic about America. You know, to be 'blackpilled', as they say online. And it's understandable – I too see all the chaos and destruction this Regime is inflicting on our country and the American people. But I really do believe that we can get the pendulum to swing back our way, that we can win this fight and rebuild America. That's why I'm running for office.
Recorded Mark Granza, IM—1776 interview, recorded via Zoom, 8 December 2021, 17 December 2021 source ↗
David Hare Playwright and screenwriter
There is an awful lot of pious theatre at the moment, where you go to have what you already believed reinforced.
Recorded Matthew Reisz, Books interview, The Guardian, 7 August 2022 source ↗
Henry R. Kravis Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
I'd argue that while no doubt mistakes have been made, including by us and KKR, many have misunderstood (or greatly simplified) the model. They have overlooked how value is created -- and for whom.
Recorded KKR, 2024 source ↗
Ephraim Asili Filmmaker, Educator, and DJ
I just don't really see the dialectic between inside and outside, and corporate and revolutionary, as being as cut and dry as I used to.
Recorded Metal Magazine source ↗

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Question What inspires you to learn? Attention & the world
I wish I knew more about Clojure, which is the programming language we use most at Nubank. If I did, I could better understand some of the more complex problems we're trying to solve, and I think I could ask better questions when we're setting priorities. I'd like to be able to communicate at that level with the technical side of our team, and I think they would appreciate it, too.
Recorded questionnaire, Sequoia Capital, 15 August 2018 source ↗
Question What would you like to leave your children? Death & what remains
Queremos crear un ambiente familiar en donde no todo sea fácil, en donde no todo les caiga del cielo, sino que puedan construir su propio camino y tengan ese sentido de desesperación y esa hambre. Eso significa también que todo ese dinero no se les va a dejar a ellos. Se les dará muchísimo amor, como les damos, y muchas oportunidades de educación y de desarrollo, pero todo ese dinero no es para ellos.
Recorded Vicky Dávila, interview, Semana, 1 October 2022 source ↗

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