Jeff Holmes: evaluation

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…I don’t know. I think my style for my conversation with her was a little bit different. If someone does philosophy at an abstract level, they’re virtually asking or forcing you to challenge them more than would be the case, say, if you’re interviewing a CEO or a general. So I thought it was a respect to her argument to try to challenge its premises, empirically or otherwise. That’s not the case with, say, Pierpaolo Barbieri, who has a startup. I asked him about his sector, but I was asking him to explain to us how it works. It was very different, but relative to her being a philosopher, I don’t think it was so different. I think that’s how you should interview a philosopher you respect. I think you could say that your interview style is very masculine because it tends to be more abstract and about getting to the point, “what do you really think about this? ” But also, that’s a more philosophical approach. More Socratic.…

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