Judah Pollack

Website: www.judahpollack.com
Twitter: @judahthinks

Judah is a professional author and amateur guru. He is also an executive coach specializing in the social sector and founders. He is a former faculty member of Stanford’s StartX and works regularly with US Army Special Forces and Red Team University lecturing on the nature of the self and the psychology of nation-states. His civilian clients include Airbnb, Sonos, Best Buy and LucasFilm where he often talks about why Marvel movies succeed, DC movies do not, and everyone is angry about Star Wars. The question he works on most is how do we come to know and express our humanity in the age of the scientific hegemon? And what value is there in that humanity?

What is your idea of perfect happiness?: Feeling safe enough to love

What is your greatest extravagance?: Fancy tea

What is your current state of mind?: Curious

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?: Generosity

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?: Kinda

Which talent would you most like to have?: Write music, sculpt

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?: My Judgement

What do you consider your greatest achievement?: Inner quiet

If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?:A seed

Where would you most like to live?: On the moon

What is your most treasured possession?: My soul

What is your favorite occupation?: Playground designer

What is your most marked characteristic?: Inquisitiveness

What do you most value in your friends?: Kindness

Who are your favorite writers?: Collette, Kundera, Borges

Who is your hero of fiction?: Magnus Pym

Which historical figure do you most identify with?: The Babylonian Captivity Redactor

Who are your heroes in real life?: The teachers

What is it that you most dislike?: Pretension

What is your greatest regret?: My 20s

What is your motto?: Truth is roving army of metaphor