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My answers to the Interact fellowship application. And why you should answer them too.

Over the weekend, I stumbled upon the Interact fellowship (https://joininteract.com/) . It is a fellowship of technologists that “come together to collaborate, seek out difficult conversations, and push each other to do good in the world.” Sounded like a good time! As someone who slightly missed the age cut off (I am in the age category where applicants are considered “on a case-by-case basis”), I figured why not send in an application for a chance to meet some really cool people. As I went through the application, I filled out the expected fields (name, email, school). But when I got to written responses, something unexpected happen. The questions posed allowed me to genuinely reflect on many cool tech and community experiences I have had in the past few years, rather than simply retelling them in a straightforward and neatly packaged way. In short, if you read my responses, it more so reflects someone who is still figuring out so many things, and having a lot of fun doing so. Furthermore, I was able to hype up other people in the tech ecosystem who I truly believe in (some of who you see in Cities Decoded🙂). That revelation, along with my general disdain for the flatness of written applications (how much can you really glean from a person through them?), spurred me to make this quick podcast episode where I could respond verbally and encourage you all to think about what your responses would be to these sharp questions. TLDR: the Notion community is great and I want to make it greater. Also, elif nisa polat (https://open.substack.com/pub/samlici...) , jonathan bensimon (https://open.substack.com/pub/samlici...) , and magan chin (https://www.instagram.com/genzbestie/...) are great and I want to help make them greater. In short, if you read my responses, it more so reflects someone who is still figuring out so many things, and having a lot of fun doing so. What I am equally interested in is what responses you have to the following questions: Think about your three core interests. Why do you care about these things? What has been the biggest change to your beliefs or values in the past two years, and what caused this change? Someone gives you $50,000 for a project that explicitly can't be a business. What's the project you work on and why? What project or initiative were you proudest of in 2025? What is your primary creative, academic, or work goal for 2026? Whose voice should carry more weight in the technology ecosystem (or insert your relevant industry) than it does today? Who would you be the most excited to find out was in your Fellowship class? Why? Want to hear my responses? Watch/listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts! Deadline to apply to the Interact fellowship (https://joininteract.com/) is Feb 9th. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit samlicitiesdecoded.substack.com (https://samlicitiesdecoded.substack.c...)