Adam Minter is the author of Junkyard Planet and Secondhand. http://shanghaiscrap.com/
Which talent would you most like to have?
To keep rhythm as precisely as a jazz drummer.
What is your most treasured possession?
I don’t have one.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
On holiday in the American Southwest, driving a car through the desert with my wife and son.
What is your motto?
“If at first you don’t succeed, quit and look for a new project that’s at least twice as difficult.”
How would you like to die?
Swan dive into a live volcano.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be?
Backup point guard who plays 12 defense-oriented minutes per night for 16 seasons in the NBA.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Tact.
What is your current state of mind?
Ruffled.