The Networks around Us, Design Impact and Coding in Runes with Galen Wolfe-Pauly
15 August 2024
1 hr 2 mins 50 secs
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About this Episode
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Galen Wolfe-Pauly from Urbit
Galen, views the digital world as a vast expanse of possibilities, where architecture demands precision and entrepreneurship. He believes design is essential to creation and that brilliant minds often embody contradictions and chaos.
Urbit is a decentralized computing platform designed to replace the traditional client-server model with a peer-to-peer network of personal servers. It aims to give users full control over their digital identities and data, offering a more secure and private online experience.
We spoke to Galen Wolfe-Pauly about Urbit and:
- The digital world is this just completely open problem
- The network kind of warps the world
- There's so much possibility
- The digital world is this vast expanse
- Architecture is kind of like physics
- A successful architect is an entrepreneur
- To really have an impact on the world you must see it all the way through
- Design is how it's made
- Sunk cost fallacy
- Brilliant people are full of contradictions and chaos
- Kinds of chaotic public figures
Timestamps
00:00 – 11:00 : Intro
11:00 -- 16:31 : Thinking from first principles
16:31 -- 29:20 : Talking about Curtis
29:20 -- 43:32 : Runic coding language
43:32 -- 55:46 : What about the physical layer?
55:46 – 01:02:50 : The Blitz
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