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."

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Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak environmental lawyer and later President of Slovakia; 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Ak niekto prejavuje lásku ku krajine, no zároveň šíri nenávisť voči iným ľuďom či skupinám, vnímam to ako falošné vlastenectvo.

N/A, Interview, Dekk Institute, 16 April 2026 source ↗

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Mistaken identification is the single greatest cause of the conviction of the innocent.
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But if our institutions of democracy are not working, that is an even greater threat to our national security
Recorded Cal Fussman, Esquire, 14 December 2012 source ↗

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