The Networks around Us, Design Impact and Coding in Runes with Galen Wolfe-Pauly

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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.

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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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Special Guest: Galen Wolfe-Pauly.