Questions
1. What’s the first piece of media you consume every day?
2. Name a writer or publication you disagree with but still read.
3. Who is the person who has most influenced the way you think?
4. When was the last time you changed your mind about something?
5. What’s your worst intellectual habit?
6. What inspires you to learn?
7. What do you need to believe in order to get through the day?
8. What’s a view that you hold but can’t defend?
9. What book have you recommended the most?
@Averly ,
5. My worst habit is reading primarily what I like and not exposing myself to much outside of my worldview.
6. The intellect is the highest faculty of man, and its fulfillment by truth seems to me our highest good. In short, I've become a great lover of truth and the quest for it.
7. I need to believe that my mistakes and failings are surmountable and that others are patient with me.
@Averly , thank you for the opportunity. These questions are exactly the sort of things that I want to be able to talk about electronically. Nos. 5 & 7 were especially worth my time to think about to-day.