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Ep. 12 of /dialectic w/ Che-Wei Wang & Taylor Levy (CW&T)
CW&T are partners in life and work and make my favorite physical objects on the internet, from heirloom-quality pens and tools to art pieces that challenge and subvert our relationship with time.
They have backgrounds in industrial design, architecture, software, and film, and began collaborating after meeting at NYU ITP. They started on Kickstarter with Pen Type-A and have been releasing new creations ever since.
We discuss their fascination with time, commitment to making objects that last as long as they should, why prototyping is at the root of their practice, and how their work and studio will evolve with new technology.
As someone who is obsessed with time, reveres collaboration and spends too much of my life in digital space, I couldn’t have enjoyed this conversation more. I hope you appreciate their thoughtfulness, wisdom, and creativity—and feel inspired to be more present in the physical world.
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Ep. 11 of /dialectic w/ @eugene Wei is out now.
Eugene is one of the most insightful thinkers on social media, its mechanics, and how it shapes us and culture.
He once suggested we need an update on Neil Postman’s 1985 lament of television culture, "Amusing Ourselves to Death," proposing instead: "Amusing Each Other to Death". We discuss how algorithmic, entertainment-driven social platforms are shaping society.
Topics include social networks vs. social media, TikTok, Twitter/X, technology reducing friction but weakening community, attention as currency, rising nihilism, speculative culture, NFL and Netflix catering to distracted audiences, how TV shows reflect a decline in meaning, and what it means to hold onto our humanity.
Some of this may sound pessimistic, but Eugene asks questions we all need to consider—together. By remembering genuine connection as one of our most sacred resources, perhaps we can still build a brighter future, using technology to amplify our humanity rather than diminish it. 6 replies
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Episode 10 of /dialectic with Josh Wolfe:
Josh is what you'd get if you combined a macro investor's slow-thinking wisdom, a culture junky's encyclopedic memory, a performer's storytelling, a pro athlete's competitiveness, and a kid's fervent curiosity.
Josh is co-founder of Lux Capital, a VC firm focused on companies using emerging technologies and science to push the world forward in categories like AI, space, biotech, robotics, and defense.
Unlike some technologists, Josh truly believes in the power of stories: to help us envision the future, inspire tomorrow's creative rebels, and get others to believe.
We discuss the interplay between science and stories, what makes great entrepreneurs, scientists, and artists, America's global tech position, how institutions matter and can be improved, and Josh's incredible breadth and depth.
His competitiveness, obsessive curiosity, and incredible range are all on display in the conversation.
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.@jacob on the wisdom of the Midwit Meme:
Most people use the midwit meme as a dunk on the others or to try to subtly suggest that they're on the right side of the curve.
I love how Jacob uses it to look inward and instead push himself toward simpler thinking:
"I love the midwit meme because it's mostly a vaccine for myself to stop thinking too much.
I have a tendency to extrapolate too far, or go to big extremes, or construct worlds or potential scenarios or products that might not exist.
I can just look at that image to remind myself to think way, way, way less. Like, what is ostensibly the most dumb version of the thing, which is the most simple version, which is probably more correct?
[So you're better off moving left on that graph than trying to move right?]
"Yeah, exactly. The easiest way to be gigabrain is to be smooth brain.
I think that meme resonates so much with me because I can be the midwit very often. So it's a nice mirror to just be like, "No, chill out and stop thinking here." 4 replies
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