The Lost Art of Asking Questions

Caleb Bissinger. And this is the next big idea. Here's what it sounded like with my guest today, Lonnie Watson. Paid me the ultimate compliment. I think this is, if I may say, a really good question. Yeah, she's playing on my vanity a little bit. As a podcaster, I do pride myself on my ability to pose good questions.

But the real reason that compliment meant so much coming from Lonnie. is that no one else alive, and and that's not an exaggeration, no one else alive has spent as much time thinking about the importance of asking questions. Lonnie is a philosopher and honorary fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She's about to publish a new book called Q, The Hidden Power of Questions in a World That Wants Answers. Carries a blur mark curator, Daniel Pank.

I can't put it any better than he does, so I'll just read it. He says. Somewhere along the way, we confused intelligence with knowing answers. And that confusion is holding us back. Wonnie Watson traces his mistake from the classroom to the boardroom, building a case that is both unsettling. And aren't they freeing?

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