The question

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

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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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Alan Dale New Zealand actor
Their clothes' lines. The oil crisis could be solved if people didn't use dryers.
Recorded Jennifer Clark, The 5-minute Interview, The Independent, 16 April 2008 source ↗
Albie Sachs Anti-apartheid lawyer; Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
And I get so upset when I hear that, because are you saying: Poor people only want a roof over their heads and want food? That poor people are not interested in beauty and rights and fairness and justice?
Recorded Koyo Kouoh, Koyo and Albie in conversation, The Albie Collection, 25 July 2024 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 ↗

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