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

Citizen Web3

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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Special Guest: Galen Wolfe-Pauly.

Links:

  • Amazon
  • AWS
  • Bernini
  • Code
  • Curtis
  • Discord
  • Elon Musk
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Hills of Madera
  • iMessage
  • Instagram
  • KakaoTalk
  • Kyoto
  • Microsoft
  • MongoDB
  • Native Planet
  • Paris
  • Prepared
  • Python
  • Rome
  • Signal
  • Silicon Valley
  • Slack
  • St. Paul's Cathedral in London
  • StarLinks
  • Steve Jobs
  • Steve Jobs Quotes
  • Telegram
  • The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
  • TikTok
  • Vatican City
  • Walter Bonatti
  • WeChat
  • Yosemite climbers

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