Swipe for Freedom Randy Perecman

Alec, my friend, mentor, and the Founder of OpenClass, joins me on Swipe for Freedom to share his perspective on digital minimalism.

0:00 - New podcasting studio?

1:42 - Alec’s intro

7:00 - “Working”

9:00 - Work-life balance

14:33 - Social media is net-negative

21:35 - Cleaning out your social media can offend some people

23:18 - It’s hard to power off

28:00 - Phones at dinner

29:54 - The iPhone is too good

32:47 - Managing screen-time & building a software startup

34:47 - Any app can be addictive

36:30 - The digital divide in education

43:30 - Public Benefit Corp

44:50 - AI ethics

45:50 - Tech tries to be too cute

48:28 - Handwrite your notes!

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Simeon, my friend and the Head of Engineering at Speechify, joins me on the first episode of Swipe for Freedom to share his perspective on Digital Minimalism. 

0:50 - Simeon's Background

5:20 - Creating Value

8:58 - Market Forces

24:40 - Internal Drive

33:50 - External Applications

38:10 - Managing Developers

40:12 - Machine Learning

43:13 - Speechify

48:10 - My Goal for this Podcast

49:10 - Book/App Suggestions from Simeon

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