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

The question

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.

Carrie Fisher

Actor and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I don't think there is any such thing.

Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2001 source ↗

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Mark Cuban Entrepreneur and investor; owner of the Dallas Mavericks

I was never a big risk taker. When I started my first businesses, I really had nothing to lose. I was sleeping on the floor. I had five roommates in a three-bedroom apartment. My car was a junker. I had absolutely nothing to lose when I started MicroSolutions, so it really was never a risk.

Recorded Kiplinger, Kiplinger Q&A, 1 November 2013 source ↗

Hiroshi Mikitani Founder, chairman and chief executive of Rakuten

Because there are so many business we do across the boundaries. So, I think this is the only way a Japanese service company can really, truly become the global organization.

Recorded Zain Verjee, Talk Asia, CNN, 2 February 2011 source ↗

Jacqueline Novogratz Founder and chief executive of Acumen

That human beings are selfish. I don’t believe it. We have angels and monsters inside each of us. What we need to do better as a society is create systems and opportunities to bring out our most generous.

Recorded Acumen America, 22 May 2024 source ↗

Ursula K. Le Guin Novelist, poet and essayist