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I interviewed Anjan Katta about @daylightcomputer: the embodiment of his vision for the future of computing.
I love computers. But lately they bend me to their will much more than the inverse. My iPhone feels more like a "pacifier for the mind" than Steve Job's dream of a "bicycle for the mind."
Anjan imagines a future of computers that amplify our humanity: devices that return agency, designed around light and respect rather than attention extraction.
We cover:
- SV's optimization of means, yet confusion of goals
- building non-inevitable technology and products
- relationship as the defining aspect of computers, and how the iPhone is our primary relationship to the world
- why light was the starting point for a new computer
- avoiding paternalism with products that make it feel easier to focus
- developing intuition that is more intelligent than data
- computers as magical companions—Hobbes, Dynabook, or The Primer
- Harry Potter computing: magical everyday objects
dialectic.fm/anjan-katta
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