1. What would you never do, no matter the price?
Work for someone who causes harm to others.
2. What is the most important part of your education?
Continuously questioning, talking to people and being curious.
3. Which thinker has had the greatest influence on your life?
I’ve been lucky to have many thinkers in my life. Not big names, but people like my parents who are definitely great thinkers and very influential for me! In terms of writers, my current favourite is Rebecca Solnit.
4. The question you’d like to ask others?
What experience most changed how you see the world?
5. Which rules: emotion or reason?
I’m not really keen to choose between those two! In my experience, there’s always a balance.
6. What illusion do you suffer from?
That I’m a good singer and will one day get the chance to front a band in a groovy jazz bar.
7. Your favourite word?
Wonderment.
8. What is your demon?
Finding it hard to walk past an issue and not want to get involved in it… meaning focus is a constant challenge.
9. If you could change one thing about the world, what would that be?
To return the atmosphere to 350 ppm – the main thing that would make the future for my children so much brighter and more settled.
10. If you could choose, what would you have for your last meal?
A dozen oysters and a glass of Tasmanian rosé.
11. What is a good death?
Calmly, with people you love supporting you at the end of a life that’s been fully and fairly lived.
12. What do people accuse you of?
People who don’t like my work accuse me of all sorts of odd things – I’m often surprised to read stories online about the things I’ve apparently done!
13. What is the meaning of life?
I heard this one some years ago and I haven’t thought of a better one yet: “To learn, to love, to leave a legacy.”
