Years ago, I read a book titled How Would You Move Mount Fuji? [0] about the cult of Fermi Questions [1]. These are questions where you're looking for an order

Years ago, I read a book titled How Would You Move Mount Fuji? [0] about the cult of Fermi Questions [1]. These are questions where you're looking for an order of magnitude. The cult of Fermi Questions in Silicon Valley started with William Shockley [2] using them in interviews. Several of his smart dudes quit to start companies you may have heard of like Intel, AMD & Fairchild [3]. Notes: 0 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316778494 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316778494 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem And not the question Where are they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox Same guy. At the same Los Alamos. 2 - You know, the guy who got a Nobel Prize for inventing transistors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley 3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitorous_eight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitorous_eight