Tim Ferriss, Warren Berger, Hope Jahren and Jonathon Keats
The Art of Asking the Right Questions
big think, 2020
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Ask a dumb question? Experts conclude you could be the smartest one in the room.
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Don’t let your intellectual insecurities impede you from asking dumb questions. Some of the seemingly most obvious questions, such as, “Why would banks lend money to people who stand next to no chance of paying it back?” could have prevented the 2008 US subprime mortgage crisis. Journalist Warren Berger, geobiologist Hope Jahren, experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats and blogger Tim Ferriss encourage you to maximize your success by voicing the next brilliant dumb question.
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About the Speakers
Journalist Warren Berger is the author of A More Beautiful Question. Geobiologist Hope Jahren is the author of The Story of More and Lab Girl. Jonathon Keats is an experimental philosopher, and Tim Ferriss, a blogger and investor, is the author of The 4-Hour Workweek and Tools of Titans.
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