Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design | Lex Fridman Podcast #372

it's the machine it was my friend Daniel it's the machine it was my friend Daniel Beauchamp and I we had this long-running Beauchamp and I we had this long-running Beauchamp and I we had this long-running joke about a proud parent machine that joke about a proud parent machine that joke about a proud parent machine that you could give a quarter and a passcode you could give a quarter and a passcode you could give a quarter and a passcode on the shoulder says proud of you yeah on the shoulder says proud of you yeah on the shoulder says proud of you yeah um so yeah I still have that hanging on um so yeah I still have that hanging on um so yeah I still have that hanging on my wall in my workshop so that one I'm my wall in my workshop so that one I'm my wall in my workshop so that one I'm I'm really happy with I just think it's I'm really happy with I just think it's I'm really happy with I just think it's a really funny concept and also I a really funny concept and also I a really funny concept and also I executed the build wealth so it's an arm executed the build wealth so it's an arm executed the build wealth so it's an arm like what's the build I built it off of like what's the build I built it off of like what's the build I built it off of an old lamp arm yeah basically it's just an old lamp arm yeah basically it's just an old lamp arm yeah basically it's just a motorized arm and this kind of torso a motorized arm and this kind of torso a motorized arm and this kind of torso of a person of a person of a person so it's actually a hand right it's just so it's actually a hand right it's just so it's actually a hand right it's just laser cut plywood and it kind of has laser cut plywood and it kind of has laser cut plywood and it kind of has like it looks creepy yeah and yeah it's like it looks creepy yeah and yeah it's like it looks creepy yeah and yeah it's as proud of you son because I just as proud of you son because I just as proud of you son because I just thought that sounded more funny than thought that sounded more funny than thought that sounded more funny than proud of you daughter and also proud of proud of you daughter and also proud of proud of you daughter and also proud of you son just you son just you son just it immediately communicates that it's a it immediately communicates that it's a it immediately communicates that it's a parent it's not just like a collie or parent it's not just like a collie or parent it's not just like a collie or something it's like proud of you something it's like proud of you something it's like proud of you yeah oh my charges you a quarter for it yeah oh my charges you a quarter for it yeah oh my charges you a quarter for it yeah but it added like Chad GPT on top yeah but it added like Chad GPT on top yeah but it added like Chad GPT on top of that and uh fine tune it on of that and uh fine tune it on of that and uh fine tune it on conversations you've had with your conversations you've had with your conversations you've had with your parents and all of a sudden you have a parents and all of a sudden you have a parents and all of a sudden you have a thing that can fundamentally transform thing that can fundamentally transform thing that can fundamentally transform your psyche yeah the following is a conversation with the following is a conversation with Simone yet an inventor designer engineer Simone yet an inventor designer engineer Simone yet an inventor designer engineer and roboticist famous for a combination and roboticist famous for a combination and roboticist famous for a combination of humor and Brilliant Creative Design of humor and Brilliant Creative Design of humor and Brilliant Creative Design in the systems and products she creates in the systems and products she creates in the systems and products she creates including as part of her new product including as part of her new product including as part of her new product design company called yetch she has a design company called yetch she has a design company called yetch she has a popular YouTube channel which she has popular YouTube channel which she has popular YouTube channel which she has demonstrated a lot of her incredible and

demonstrated a lot of her incredible and demonstrated a lot of her incredible and fun designs and inventions from quote fun designs and inventions from quote fun designs and inventions from quote shitty robots to a Tesla Model 3 shitty robots to a Tesla Model 3 shitty robots to a Tesla Model 3 converted into a truck converted into a truck converted into a truck but where she also revealed her personal but where she also revealed her personal but where she also revealed her personal Journey after having been diagnosed with Journey after having been diagnosed with Journey after having been diagnosed with a brain tumor a brain tumor a brain tumor Simone is a brilliant fun and inspiring Simone is a brilliant fun and inspiring Simone is a brilliant fun and inspiring human being it was truly an honor for me human being it was truly an honor for me human being it was truly an honor for me to get to meet her and to have this chat to get to meet her and to have this chat to get to meet her and to have this chat this is Alex Friedman podcast to support this is Alex Friedman podcast to support this is Alex Friedman podcast to support it please check out our sponsors in the it please check out our sponsors in the it please check out our sponsors in the description and now dear friends here's description and now dear friends here's description and now dear friends here's Simone yet Simone yet Simone yet what was the first cool thing you built what was the first cool thing you built what was the first cool thing you built or you fell in love with the process of or you fell in love with the process of or you fell in love with the process of making stuff you know I think run into the limitations of your of your run into the limitations of your of your skills so much so I feel like honestly skills so much so I feel like honestly skills so much so I feel like honestly building gets less and less building gets less and less building gets less and less frustrating or like I love it more and frustrating or like I love it more and frustrating or like I love it more and more the more I know so the limitations more the more I know so the limitations more the more I know so the limitations aren't fun like the limitations are fun aren't fun like the limitations are fun aren't fun like the limitations are fun but it's like when you have an idea of but it's like when you have an idea of but it's like when you have an idea of something and you want to make it a something and you want to make it a something and you want to make it a certain level and then you just have to certain level and then you just have to certain level and then you just have to compromise with the materials and the compromise with the materials and the compromise with the materials and the tools and the skills you have tools and the skills you have tools and the skills you have um so I can't remember first time where um so I can't remember first time where um so I can't remember first time where I felt like I'm proud of this wow this I felt like I'm proud of this wow this I felt like I'm proud of this wow this was so smooth I'm so proud of it like I was so smooth I'm so proud of it like I was so smooth I'm so proud of it like I feel like feel like feel like a lot of people I watch them build stuff a lot of people I watch them build stuff a lot of people I watch them build stuff and it's just like watching water pour and it's just like watching water pour and it's just like watching water pour down you know it's just like so easy and down you know it's just like so easy and down you know it's just like so easy and for me it's just like for me it's just like for me it's just like trying to shove a toy car into a wall so trying to shove a toy car into a wall so trying to shove a toy car into a wall so you're not able to step back and Marvel you're not able to step back and Marvel you're not able to step back and Marvel like at the early Creations even like like at the early Creations even like like at the early Creations even like even like

even like even like um we're not even talking loud we know um we're not even talking loud we know um we're not even talking loud we know stuff even before then I'm from Sweden stuff even before then I'm from Sweden stuff even before then I'm from Sweden and you have to choose either sewing or and you have to choose either sewing or and you have to choose either sewing or Woodworking and I chose to like Woodworking and I chose to like Woodworking and I chose to like woodworking in middle school and I woodworking in middle school and I woodworking in middle school and I remember the sense of Pride when I got remember the sense of Pride when I got remember the sense of Pride when I got to bring something home and that thing to bring something home and that thing to bring something home and that thing of like oh my God I get to show my of like oh my God I get to show my of like oh my God I get to show my parents this parents this parents this and and and I think that is kind of the feeling that I think that is kind of the feeling that I think that is kind of the feeling that I've built my job around it's like the I've built my job around it's like the I've built my job around it's like the sense of Pride and wanting to show sense of Pride and wanting to show sense of Pride and wanting to show people something that I made and like people something that I made and like people something that I made and like back then it was like a little wooden back then it was like a little wooden back then it was like a little wooden spoon you know spoon you know spoon you know and now it's a slightly larger wooden and now it's a slightly larger wooden and now it's a slightly larger wooden wood spoon this Dynamic it moves and has wood spoon this Dynamic it moves and has wood spoon this Dynamic it moves and has a mind of its own a mind of its own a mind of its own um you first started doing more um you first started doing more um you first started doing more engineering type stuff with uh Arduino engineering type stuff with uh Arduino engineering type stuff with uh Arduino boards at punch to design which is an SF boards at punch to design which is an SF boards at punch to design which is an SF engineering firm what are just from your engineering firm what are just from your engineering firm what are just from your memory there what are some cool things memory there what are some cool things memory there what are some cool things you built there so the thing is I I went you built there so the thing is I I went you built there so the thing is I I went to advertising school and I just like a to advertising school and I just like a to advertising school and I just like a vocational studies a year and I realized vocational studies a year and I realized vocational studies a year and I realized there that I didn't care much for there that I didn't care much for there that I didn't care much for advertising but I thought it was really advertising but I thought it was really advertising but I thought it was really fun to build stuff and programs so like fun to build stuff and programs so like fun to build stuff and programs so like I just completely focused on that and I just completely focused on that and I just completely focused on that and there I built there I built there I built my first Hardware project or like my first Hardware project or like my first Hardware project or like Electronics project which was this uh Electronics project which was this uh Electronics project which was this uh iPhone case with retractable guitar iPhone case with retractable guitar iPhone case with retractable guitar strings so basically I imagine that you strings so basically I imagine that you strings so basically I imagine that you could like pull out guitar strings from could like pull out guitar strings from could like pull out guitar strings from the bottom of your iPhone and you could the bottom of your iPhone and you could the bottom of your iPhone and you could pluck it to your belt and then you could pluck it to your belt and then you could pluck it to your belt and then you could hold a cord on the screen and I built hold a cord on the screen and I built hold a cord on the screen and I built that together with my friend Jonathan

that together with my friend Jonathan that together with my friend Jonathan and I was like oh this is dope I thought and I was like oh this is dope I thought and I was like oh this is dope I thought it was so much fun and I considered like it was so much fun and I considered like it was so much fun and I considered like oh should I go to school for this but oh should I go to school for this but oh should I go to school for this but then I thought maybe I can get a job and then I thought maybe I can get a job and then I thought maybe I can get a job and I could get paid to learn about I could get paid to learn about I could get paid to learn about Electronics so just based off of that Electronics so just based off of that Electronics so just based off of that one project I got the job at punch one project I got the job at punch one project I got the job at punch through design there's actually was a through design there's actually was a through design there's actually was a one year internship can you explain what one year internship can you explain what one year internship can you explain what we're talking about here so it's a case we're talking about here so it's a case we're talking about here so it's a case with guitar strings attached yeah does with guitar strings attached yeah does with guitar strings attached yeah does it actually work at all it actually work at all it actually work at all these are not on the screen guitar these are not on the screen guitar these are not on the screen guitar strings no so they're actual strings strings no so they're actual strings strings no so they're actual strings that you pull out so there's a mechanism that you pull out so there's a mechanism that you pull out so there's a mechanism that's almost like a seat belt mechanism that's almost like a seat belt mechanism that's almost like a seat belt mechanism and yeah you pull them out from the and yeah you pull them out from the and yeah you pull them out from the bottom of uh your phone and you can bottom of uh your phone and you can bottom of uh your phone and you can attach them to your belt I mean it's attach them to your belt I mean it's attach them to your belt I mean it's terrible terrible terrible there's a few different ways to decide there's a few different ways to decide there's a few different ways to decide if somebody's touching a guitar string if somebody's touching a guitar string if somebody's touching a guitar string and what you do in a real guitar is you and what you do in a real guitar is you and what you do in a real guitar is you have the little it's like measuring the have the little it's like measuring the have the little it's like measuring the vibration or the change and the as as vibration or the change and the as as vibration or the change and the as as the yeah you're measuring how the guitar the yeah you're measuring how the guitar the yeah you're measuring how the guitar is vibrating and you can't really do is vibrating and you can't really do is vibrating and you can't really do that because I can't have a a receiving that because I can't have a a receiving that because I can't have a a receiving sensor because the guitar strings are sensor because the guitar strings are sensor because the guitar strings are going to move in relationship to that going to move in relationship to that going to move in relationship to that because you don't have like a rigid neck because you don't have like a rigid neck because you don't have like a rigid neck and this is like yeah this was my first and this is like yeah this was my first and this is like yeah this was my first Electronics project I was a little Electronics project I was a little Electronics project I was a little fledging baby maker but what I decided fledging baby maker but what I decided fledging baby maker but what I decided was to use capacitive touch was to use capacitive touch was to use capacitive touch because that is independent on if the because that is independent on if the because that is independent on if the guitar strings are moving in

guitar strings are moving in guitar strings are moving in relationship to something or in relation relationship to something or in relation relationship to something or in relation to something so basically there was just to something so basically there was just to something so basically there was just this little Bluetooth Arduino board that this little Bluetooth Arduino board that this little Bluetooth Arduino board that this company punched through design made this company punched through design made this company punched through design made so that was how I found them and I so that was how I found them and I so that was how I found them and I measured the capacitive touch so like measured the capacitive touch so like measured the capacitive touch so like whenever whenever whenever um the guitar string was measured there um the guitar string was measured there um the guitar string was measured there was this little microcontroller that was was this little microcontroller that was was this little microcontroller that was like oh my God a guitar string got like oh my God a guitar string got like oh my God a guitar string got measured or touched and then that sent a measured or touched and then that sent a measured or touched and then that sent a signal over Bluetooth to my phone and I signal over Bluetooth to my phone and I signal over Bluetooth to my phone and I built a little iPhone app that built a little iPhone app that built a little iPhone app that interpreted those Bluetooth signals and interpreted those Bluetooth signals and interpreted those Bluetooth signals and then checked what type of cord I was then checked what type of cord I was then checked what type of cord I was holding on the screen and then played holding on the screen and then played holding on the screen and then played the code here I see holding the chords the code here I see holding the chords the code here I see holding the chords on the screen so you're doing the on the screen so you're doing the on the screen so you're doing the multi-touch sensing there multi-touch sensing there multi-touch sensing there that's incredible I honestly cannot that's incredible I honestly cannot that's incredible I honestly cannot believe that I pulled it off because I believe that I pulled it off because I believe that I pulled it off because I think I was I was ignorance was think I was I was ignorance was think I was I was ignorance was definitely Bliss because that was like definitely Bliss because that was like definitely Bliss because that was like yeah the first Hardware yeah the first Hardware yeah the first Hardware project I'd ever built the first iPhone project I'd ever built the first iPhone project I'd ever built the first iPhone app I'd ever programmed and like now if app I'd ever programmed and like now if app I'd ever programmed and like now if somebody was like Hey I want this to be somebody was like Hey I want this to be somebody was like Hey I want this to be my first project I would probably be my first project I would probably be my first project I would probably be like oh that's a lot but like oh that's a lot but like oh that's a lot but we'll get off because that's such an we'll get off because that's such an we'll get off because that's such an interesting thing interesting thing interesting thing for people to hear because it's your for people to hear because it's your for people to hear because it's your first project and a lot of people stop first project and a lot of people stop first project and a lot of people stop because of the difficulty of their first because of the difficulty of their first because of the difficulty of their first project they never truly discovered project they never truly discovered project they never truly discovered their own genius because they stopped their own genius because they stopped their own genius because they stopped with the first and you didn't stop so with the first and you didn't stop so with the first and you didn't stop so it'd be interesting to kind of it'd be interesting to kind of it'd be interesting to kind of psychoanalyze you on the couch of why psychoanalyze you on the couch of why psychoanalyze you on the couch of why you didn't stop because you have to you didn't stop because you have to you didn't stop because you have to build an app you have to figure out how build an app you have to figure out how build an app you have to figure out how to did you know how to program much or

to did you know how to program much or to did you know how to program much or no okay I mean a little bit but I never no okay I mean a little bit but I never no okay I mean a little bit but I never programmed and or done any iOS apps okay programmed and or done any iOS apps okay programmed and or done any iOS apps okay so you have to figure out how to get so you have to figure out how to get so you have to figure out how to get forget like what the app does just get forget like what the app does just get forget like what the app does just get the app running and working and then you the app running and working and then you the app running and working and then you have to figure out how to get the have to figure out how to get the have to figure out how to get the sensors in like real time to finger sensors in like real time to finger sensors in like real time to finger touching and you have to connect how to touching and you have to connect how to touching and you have to connect how to get the capacitor's touch working with get the capacitor's touch working with get the capacitor's touch working with the microcontrollers do you know the microcontrollers do you know the microcontrollers do you know anything about the capacitor touch anything about the capacitor touch anything about the capacitor touch sensors at that time I mean it's pretty sensors at that time I mean it's pretty sensors at that time I mean it's pretty easy easy easy um now it's basically everything's easy um now it's basically everything's easy um now it's basically everything's easy yeah you know Rockets are pretty easy yeah you know Rockets are pretty easy yeah you know Rockets are pretty easy you sound like my grandma she's I have you sound like my grandma she's I have you sound like my grandma she's I have an Italian grandma and uh I always an Italian grandma and uh I always an Italian grandma and uh I always trying to get her we're like trying to trying to get her we're like trying to trying to get her we're like trying to get her to tell her recipes and every get her to tell her recipes and every get her to tell her recipes and every recipe starts with recipe starts with recipe starts with it's very simple yeah and then there's it's very simple yeah and then there's it's very simple yeah and then there's like 45 minutes of her explaining it like 45 minutes of her explaining it like 45 minutes of her explaining it it's like with gymnastics at the it's like with gymnastics at the it's like with gymnastics at the Olympics they make it look easy the best Olympics they make it look easy the best Olympics they make it look easy the best people in the world always make the the people in the world always make the the people in the world always make the the impossible to seem easy I pride myself impossible to seem easy I pride myself impossible to seem easy I pride myself with making buildings that look really with making buildings that look really with making buildings that look really hard because I feel like I'm always hard because I feel like I'm always hard because I feel like I'm always struggling so much you make the easiest struggling so much you make the easiest struggling so much you make the easiest human possible no uh human possible no uh human possible no uh so how many strings was it is it just oh so how many strings was it is it just oh so how many strings was it is it just oh gosh I think this is such a long time gosh I think this is such a long time gosh I think this is such a long time ago no it was six oh six strings and you ago no it was six oh six strings and you ago no it was six oh six strings and you could touch it and then there's could touch it and then there's could touch it and then there's wow and it can and then the phone itself wow and it can and then the phone itself wow and it can and then the phone itself makes a sound still think it's such a cool concept to still think it's such a cool concept to have this like mobile I'm not even a have this like mobile I'm not even a have this like mobile I'm not even a guitar player I don't know I was I mean guitar player I don't know I was I mean guitar player I don't know I was I mean I got the idea because I was uh kind of

I got the idea because I was uh kind of I got the idea because I was uh kind of strumming on my charge cord of my phone strumming on my charge cord of my phone strumming on my charge cord of my phone oh like an air guitar but on a cord yeah fun to go back to that project with what fun to go back to that project with what I know now but the problem with it is I know now but the problem with it is I know now but the problem with it is that when you're producing the tension that when you're producing the tension that when you're producing the tension in your string just with your arm like in your string just with your arm like in your string just with your arm like you can't make it taut enough to you can't make it taut enough to you can't make it taut enough to actually play like it kind of becomes actually play like it kind of becomes actually play like it kind of becomes playing these like saggy strings so as playing these like saggy strings so as playing these like saggy strings so as you're not really getting that you're not really getting that you're not really getting that experience and I think that's why I mean experience and I think that's why I mean experience and I think that's why I mean I I I yeah I haven't really pursued I wonder yeah I haven't really pursued I wonder yeah I haven't really pursued I wonder if there's a way to generate the if there's a way to generate the if there's a way to generate the tightness tightness tightness from the case itself from the case itself from the case itself it's a good device that unfolds and then it's a good device that unfolds and then it's a good device that unfolds and then with some kind of tightening mechanisms with some kind of tightening mechanisms with some kind of tightening mechanisms yeah but then it kind of becomes like a yeah but then it kind of becomes like a yeah but then it kind of becomes like a whole thing in a guitar then it just whole thing in a guitar then it just whole thing in a guitar then it just becomes a really shitty guitar yeah like becomes a really shitty guitar yeah like becomes a really shitty guitar yeah like which this is a really shitty guitar but which this is a really shitty guitar but which this is a really shitty guitar but it's also but it's so shitty it's it's also but it's so shitty it's it's also but it's so shitty it's awesome yeah I don't know I don't know awesome yeah I don't know I don't know awesome yeah I don't know I don't know but it's a cool it's cool that you have but it's a cool it's cool that you have but it's a cool it's cool that you have an interface between an interface between an interface between a device that's capable of incredible a device that's capable of incredible a device that's capable of incredible computational power and an actual computational power and an actual computational power and an actual Hardware thing is there something that Hardware thing is there something that Hardware thing is there something that you can psychoanalize you can psychoanalize you can psychoanalize that made you finish that others could that made you finish that others could that made you finish that others could hear hear hear in their own struggle to uh in their own struggle to uh in their own struggle to uh do their first project like that because do their first project like that because do their first project like that because you were not you were in a you were not you were in a you were not you were in a non-engineering person technically non-engineering person technically non-engineering person technically and you did a pretty cool Renegade out and you did a pretty cool Renegade out and you did a pretty cool Renegade out there there there wild no instructions

wild no instructions wild no instructions engineering projects no it's definitely engineering projects no it's definitely engineering projects no it's definitely it was an off-road build where it's like it was an off-road build where it's like it was an off-road build where it's like if you're building a Lego kit it's very if you're building a Lego kit it's very if you're building a Lego kit it's very much on the road and you're following much on the road and you're following much on the road and you're following instructions and this is like you have instructions and this is like you have instructions and this is like you have no idea if you're headed for a cliff or no idea if you're headed for a cliff or no idea if you're headed for a cliff or a dead end or you're gonna get stuck a dead end or you're gonna get stuck a dead end or you're gonna get stuck um I think it had a natural pressure to um I think it had a natural pressure to um I think it had a natural pressure to it because it was a school project yeah it because it was a school project yeah it because it was a school project yeah so it did have deadlines built into it so it did have deadlines built into it so it did have deadlines built into it and and stuff like that so that and and stuff like that so that and and stuff like that so that definitely helped but I think also it definitely helped but I think also it definitely helped but I think also it was just so incredibly motivating when I was just so incredibly motivating when I was just so incredibly motivating when I realized that I might be able to pull it realized that I might be able to pull it realized that I might be able to pull it off off off like that was I felt like a bloodhound like that was I felt like a bloodhound like that was I felt like a bloodhound you know and you're just like oh my God you know and you're just like oh my God you know and you're just like oh my God I can actually make this happen and I I can actually make this happen and I I can actually make this happen and I think if think if think if I hadn't seen that the Horizon it would I hadn't seen that the Horizon it would I hadn't seen that the Horizon it would have been harder to stick through you have been harder to stick through you have been harder to stick through you were you able to see the end of the were you able to see the end of the were you able to see the end of the tunnel um tunnel um tunnel um pretty early on no not really pretty early on no not really pretty early on no not really so there's something just suffering for so there's something just suffering for so there's something just suffering for a while I don't know how how your brain a while I don't know how how your brain a while I don't know how how your brain works but it's like if I have a problem works but it's like if I have a problem works but it's like if I have a problem I can't stop thinking about it like it's I can't stop thinking about it like it's I can't stop thinking about it like it's so fun to think about it like I spent I so fun to think about it like I spent I so fun to think about it like I spent I spent spent spent two and a half years designing a coat two and a half years designing a coat two and a half years designing a coat hanger and I just can't stop thinking about it and I just can't stop thinking about it like I get so into it because I think like I get so into it because I think like I get so into it because I think it's so much fun it's so much fun it's so much fun take me to this take me to this take me to this two-year journey of the code hanging out two-year journey of the code hanging out two-year journey of the code hanging out of the code hanger what how did it begin of the code hanger what how did it begin of the code hanger what how did it begin how did it begin it began with a corner

how did it begin it began with a corner how did it begin it began with a corner in my home where I couldn't fit a coat in my home where I couldn't fit a coat in my home where I couldn't fit a coat rack the thing is I shouldn't have rack the thing is I shouldn't have rack the thing is I shouldn't have brought this up because I'm gonna brought this up because I'm gonna brought this up because I'm gonna release it as a product probably in a release it as a product probably in a release it as a product probably in a year on an actual product okay well it year on an actual product okay well it year on an actual product okay well it is a mystery it's a mystery yeah but it is a mystery it's a mystery yeah but it is a mystery it's a mystery yeah but it solves a fundamental problem in in The solves a fundamental problem in in The solves a fundamental problem in in The Human Condition and I am so excited Human Condition and I am so excited Human Condition and I am so excited about it and I cannot I don't yeah but about it and I cannot I don't yeah but about it and I cannot I don't yeah but this is I get so this is I get so this is I get so pumped about it because I see it's just pumped about it because I see it's just pumped about it because I see it's just this issue or like this problem that I this issue or like this problem that I this issue or like this problem that I want to solve and I I kind of can't put want to solve and I I kind of can't put want to solve and I I kind of can't put it to rest until I have it to rest until I have it to rest until I have it's I mean speaking of cone hangers it's I mean speaking of cone hangers it's I mean speaking of cone hangers uh doorknobs have always been uh doorknobs have always been uh doorknobs have always been interesting to me interesting to me interesting to me it's cool how there's things that it's cool how there's things that it's cool how there's things that everybody uses that somebody designed everybody uses that somebody designed everybody uses that somebody designed yeah oh my God so okay so this is I so I yeah oh my God so okay so this is I so I yeah oh my God so okay so this is I so I have two like big so basically I started have two like big so basically I started have two like big so basically I started on YouTube and and I'm been doing that on YouTube and and I'm been doing that on YouTube and and I'm been doing that for like the last seven or eight years for like the last seven or eight years for like the last seven or eight years and I've kind of been thinking of like and I've kind of been thinking of like and I've kind of been thinking of like okay what's next for me because I want okay what's next for me because I want okay what's next for me because I want to keep on trying out new things and I'm to keep on trying out new things and I'm to keep on trying out new things and I'm I'm kind of I'm kind of I'm kind of going into two different Avenues one is going into two different Avenues one is going into two different Avenues one is the product business that I started code the product business that I started code the product business that I started code hinders TBD hinders TBD hinders TBD um and then I am working on a pilot um and then I am working on a pilot um and then I am working on a pilot episode of a show where each episode is episode of a show where each episode is episode of a show where each episode is about an everyday object and why they about an everyday object and why they about an everyday object and why they look the way that they do so we've look the way that they do so we've look the way that they do so we've written a pilot episode about forks and written a pilot episode about forks and written a pilot episode about forks and it's all about like why do they look the it's all about like why do they look the it's all about like why do they look the way that they do why did this became the way that they do why did this became the way that they do why did this became the like eating Implement of the West why like eating Implement of the West why like eating Implement of the West why are we ruled by an iron Fork how did

are we ruled by an iron Fork how did are we ruled by an iron Fork how did that happen in every everyday object that happen in every everyday object that happen in every everyday object that you have and that you just take for that you have and that you just take for that you have and that you just take for granted somebody's just made it up yeah granted somebody's just made it up yeah granted somebody's just made it up yeah we're all sheep well I'll keep using it we're all sheep well I'll keep using it we're all sheep well I'll keep using it yeah even if it's not optimal I mean yeah even if it's not optimal I mean yeah even if it's not optimal I mean presumably most objects are optimal you presumably most objects are optimal you presumably most objects are optimal you hope or at least a local options yeah hope or at least a local options yeah hope or at least a local options yeah and that's what I think is so like the and that's what I think is so like the and that's what I think is so like the world around us and this is why I love world around us and this is why I love world around us and this is why I love building things is because it just opens building things is because it just opens building things is because it just opens up this idea that the world around us is up this idea that the world around us is up this idea that the world around us is so malleable so malleable so malleable can make objects work for you better can make objects work for you better can make objects work for you better like I spent I I made this fruit bowl I like I spent I I made this fruit bowl I like I spent I I made this fruit bowl I had a fruit bowl and I was always had a fruit bowl and I was always had a fruit bowl and I was always annoyed that I had either too little or annoyed that I had either too little or annoyed that I had either too little or too much fruit for it so I made a fruit too much fruit for it so I made a fruit too much fruit for it so I made a fruit bowl where I can change the diameter of bowl where I can change the diameter of bowl where I can change the diameter of it it has a mechanism so you can like it it has a mechanism so you can like it it has a mechanism so you can like make it bigger or smaller and that's make it bigger or smaller and that's make it bigger or smaller and that's just like the thing of being like just like the thing of being like just like the thing of being like bowls why are they the way that they are bowls why are they the way that they are bowls why are they the way that they are I can make them different and I think I can make them different and I think I can make them different and I think like I want to make an episode about like I want to make an episode about like I want to make an episode about doorknobs I think it's so interesting doorknobs I think it's so interesting doorknobs I think it's so interesting why are they the way they are why are why are they the way they are why are why are they the way they are why are they placed the way where they are I they placed the way where they are I they placed the way where they are I think there's going to be a rabbit hole think there's going to be a rabbit hole think there's going to be a rabbit hole from which you will never return I would from which you will never return I would from which you will never return I would happily live in that rabbit hole forever happily live in that rabbit hole forever happily live in that rabbit hole forever like if I could if I can like dig out a like if I could if I can like dig out a like if I could if I can like dig out a little niche for myself there because I little niche for myself there because I little niche for myself there because I think it's like think it's like think it's like because you know they go so deep they're because you know they go so deep they're because you know they go so deep they're also on different sides of doors you also on different sides of doors you also on different sides of doors you never like the push-pull situation on never like the push-pull situation on never like the push-pull situation on doors in general like that's one of the doors in general like that's one of the doors in general like that's one of the main problems of humanity main problems of humanity main problems of humanity figuring out which is embarrassing yeah figuring out which is embarrassing yeah figuring out which is embarrassing yeah just okay how many there's eight billion just okay how many there's eight billion just okay how many there's eight billion peoples on people on Earth every single

peoples on people on Earth every single peoples on people on Earth every single second there is millions of people being second there is millions of people being second there is millions of people being embarrassed by the confusion some guy first time in college he's some guy first time in college he's trying to be impressive to everybody to trying to be impressive to everybody to trying to be impressive to everybody to pushes on and he plays it off like it's pushes on and he plays it off like it's pushes on and he plays it off like it's cool oh shit I knew that nope and it cool oh shit I knew that nope and it cool oh shit I knew that nope and it affects our behaviors that was why I affects our behaviors that was why I affects our behaviors that was why I think it's so interesting with forks is think it's so interesting with forks is think it's so interesting with forks is that Forks actually affect our eating that Forks actually affect our eating that Forks actually affect our eating behaviors and they can get you to eat behaviors and they can get you to eat behaviors and they can get you to eat faster or slower take bigger bites or faster or slower take bigger bites or faster or slower take bigger bites or smaller bites and they're all these ways smaller bites and they're all these ways smaller bites and they're all these ways or like the social I mean the reason or like the social I mean the reason or like the social I mean the reason that that that um Chopsticks work is because they do um Chopsticks work is because they do um Chopsticks work is because they do the food shopping in kitchen the food shopping in kitchen the food shopping in kitchen rather than on the plate and also you rather than on the plate and also you rather than on the plate and also you have a bowl that you bring to your mouth have a bowl that you bring to your mouth have a bowl that you bring to your mouth with whereas a plate you keep on the with whereas a plate you keep on the with whereas a plate you keep on the like they're just all these ways and like they're just all these ways and like they're just all these ways and these objects affect our Behavior these objects affect our Behavior these objects affect our Behavior opening and closing doors and I think opening and closing doors and I think opening and closing doors and I think it's such an interesting take on culture it's such an interesting take on culture it's such an interesting take on culture through and like human behavior through through and like human behavior through through and like human behavior through these objects that we use every day and these objects that we use every day and these objects that we use every day and we never question them really yeah and we never question them really yeah and we never question them really yeah and then there's institutions that are then there's institutions that are then there's institutions that are controlling our mind that don't want us controlling our mind that don't want us controlling our mind that don't want us to know the truth why are sporks not to know the truth why are sporks not to know the truth why are sporks not more popular have you asked yourself more popular have you asked yourself more popular have you asked yourself that question yeah no it's all big that question yeah no it's all big that question yeah no it's all big utensil is behind all of it all right so utensil is behind all of it all right so utensil is behind all of it all right so I mean in those early days I mean in those early days I mean in those early days um did you suffer from imposter syndrome um did you suffer from imposter syndrome um did you suffer from imposter syndrome like that leap to being an engineer

like that leap to being an engineer like that leap to being an engineer was there was there was there especially when you started uh working a especially when you started uh working a especially when you started uh working a punch the design punch the design punch the design on a team of Engineers was there on a team of Engineers was there on a team of Engineers was there insecurity insecurity insecurity both yes and no I think I've um both yes and no I think I've um both yes and no I think I've um I always try to flip my flaws into I always try to flip my flaws into I always try to flip my flaws into selling points and for that so getting selling points and for that so getting selling points and for that so getting that job I that job I that job I I was like oh you're a team of Engineers I was like oh you're a team of Engineers I was like oh you're a team of Engineers everybody working here is an engineer everybody working here is an engineer everybody working here is an engineer your customers are not all Engineers you your customers are not all Engineers you your customers are not all Engineers you need somebody who can be your filter and need somebody who can be your filter and need somebody who can be your filter and tell you when something's going to be tell you when something's going to be tell you when something's going to be too hard for your customers to too hard for your customers to too hard for your customers to understand so it was more me being like understand so it was more me being like understand so it was more me being like Oh No it might seem that me not having Oh No it might seem that me not having Oh No it might seem that me not having skills is a bad thing like actually it's skills is a bad thing like actually it's skills is a bad thing like actually it's a great thing I represent the everyday a great thing I represent the everyday a great thing I represent the everyday person I understand deeply what person I understand deeply what person I understand deeply what everybody needs and wants yes that is me everybody needs and wants yes that is me everybody needs and wants yes that is me the representation of the of the average the representation of the of the average the representation of the of the average human human human um but I mean I I remember that so I um but I mean I I remember that so I um but I mean I I remember that so I studied physics for a year in college studied physics for a year in college studied physics for a year in college and then I dropped out and I had this and then I dropped out and I had this and then I dropped out and I had this rule for myself that whenever I did not rule for myself that whenever I did not rule for myself that whenever I did not understand any something I would ask a understand any something I would ask a understand any something I would ask a question so I was always raising my hand question so I was always raising my hand question so I was always raising my hand in class and it's this room entirely in class and it's this room entirely in class and it's this room entirely like Auditorium filled with incredibly like Auditorium filled with incredibly like Auditorium filled with incredibly intelligent people who are mortified of intelligent people who are mortified of intelligent people who are mortified of seeming stupid and I think that was seeming stupid and I think that was seeming stupid and I think that was really like and I remember people people really like and I remember people people really like and I remember people people at the end of the year coming up to me at the end of the year coming up to me at the end of the year coming up to me being like thank you so much for all the being like thank you so much for all the being like thank you so much for all the questions you asked because whenever questions you asked because whenever questions you asked because whenever there was something that I was too

there was something that I was too there was something that I was too scared to ask you always raised your scared to ask you always raised your scared to ask you always raised your hand so hand so hand so I think it is a bit of a skill and I I think it is a bit of a skill and I I think it is a bit of a skill and I think that is kind of how I Channel my think that is kind of how I Channel my think that is kind of how I Channel my imposter syndrome is I'm just like imposter syndrome is I'm just like imposter syndrome is I'm just like now let's lay it all out there is you now let's lay it all out there is you now let's lay it all out there is you okay being almost like self-deprecating okay being almost like self-deprecating okay being almost like self-deprecating just coming off I mean I'm definitely just coming off I mean I'm definitely just coming off I mean I'm definitely that I kind of lean into call myself an that I kind of lean into call myself an that I kind of lean into call myself an idiot I lean into being stupid I think idiot I lean into being stupid I think idiot I lean into being stupid I think not all heroes wear capes and the guy not all heroes wear capes and the guy not all heroes wear capes and the guy and girl who asks the stupid question and girl who asks the stupid question and girl who asks the stupid question is everybody's hero including the is everybody's hero including the is everybody's hero including the teachers yeah I think it's it's both teachers yeah I think it's it's both teachers yeah I think it's it's both it's a double-edged sword it's a double-edged sword it's a double-edged sword I started out on the internet kind of I I started out on the internet kind of I I started out on the internet kind of I kind of got the moniker the queen of kind of got the moniker the queen of kind of got the moniker the queen of shitty robots because I posted a lot of shitty robots because I posted a lot of shitty robots because I posted a lot of stuff on slash R shitty robots on Reddit stuff on slash R shitty robots on Reddit stuff on slash R shitty robots on Reddit and people started calling me the queen and people started calling me the queen and people started calling me the queen of Slash R shitty robots and then the of Slash R shitty robots and then the of Slash R shitty robots and then the slash R kind of dropped so what I'm slash R kind of dropped so what I'm slash R kind of dropped so what I'm trying to say is I did not come up with trying to say is I did not come up with trying to say is I did not come up with that with myself that with myself that with myself um but I did happily adopt it so I um but I did happily adopt it so I um but I did happily adopt it so I definitely came from a place of like definitely came from a place of like definitely came from a place of like building things that didn't work and building things that didn't work and building things that didn't work and kind of kind of kind of yeah everything going wrong every time yeah everything going wrong every time yeah everything going wrong every time like happily failing and I think that like happily failing and I think that like happily failing and I think that was amazing it was a really powerful was amazing it was a really powerful was amazing it was a really powerful tool for me to like not get my tool for me to like not get my tool for me to like not get my perfectionism in the way because if I perfectionism in the way because if I perfectionism in the way because if I set out to do something that's great set out to do something that's great set out to do something that's great then I'm never gonna start and I was then I'm never gonna start and I was then I'm never gonna start and I was like no I just need something that looks like no I just need something that looks like no I just need something that looks funny funny funny um um um but what I've realized but what I've realized but what I've realized now is there's also a defense mechanism now is there's also a defense mechanism now is there's also a defense mechanism being self-deprecating is like always

being self-deprecating is like always being self-deprecating is like always beating people to the punch beating people to the punch beating people to the punch it kind of was a survival tactic on the it kind of was a survival tactic on the it kind of was a survival tactic on the internet of being like never daring to internet of being like never daring to internet of being like never daring to set out as an expert and I still do that set out as an expert and I still do that set out as an expert and I still do that like I'm terrified to tell people how to like I'm terrified to tell people how to like I'm terrified to tell people how to do something even if I know do something even if I know do something even if I know um because it kind of opens you up for um because it kind of opens you up for um because it kind of opens you up for being shot down so I think I have I being shot down so I think I have I being shot down so I think I have I definitely have a conflicted definitely have a conflicted definitely have a conflicted relationship with it and now especially relationship with it and now especially relationship with it and now especially as I'm I'm getting older I am more as I'm I'm getting older I am more as I'm I'm getting older I am more skilled than I was before I mean I'm a skilled than I was before I mean I'm a skilled than I was before I mean I'm a CEO of three businesses and I'm like I CEO of three businesses and I'm like I CEO of three businesses and I'm like I don't need to like keep on talking don't need to like keep on talking don't need to like keep on talking myself down all the time so yeah I think myself down all the time so yeah I think myself down all the time so yeah I think it's definitely something that has it's definitely something that has it's definitely something that has served me really really well and that is served me really really well and that is served me really really well and that is still like a still like a still like a thing that I have in my work life and in thing that I have in my work life and in thing that I have in my work life and in my relationships but I'm also trying to my relationships but I'm also trying to my relationships but I'm also trying to only do it when it's beneficial to me and not do it when it's beneficial to me and not when it's harmful yeah I mean but when when it's harmful yeah I mean but when when it's harmful yeah I mean but when you're as successful as you are I feel you're as successful as you are I feel you're as successful as you are I feel like people like it when you're like people like it when you're like people like it when you're self-deprecating you don't take yourself self-deprecating you don't take yourself self-deprecating you don't take yourself seriously you have that humility seriously you have that humility seriously you have that humility I think it's probably the hardest when I think it's probably the hardest when I think it's probably the hardest when you're starting out yeah because you're starting out yeah because you're starting out yeah because I think it was easy I think it was easy I think it was easy but nobody takes you seriously right and but nobody takes you seriously right and but nobody takes you seriously right and when you're starting out when you're when you're starting out when you're when you're starting out when you're young like you know I just realized that young like you know I just realized that young like you know I just realized that I played a lot more stupid than I was I played a lot more stupid than I was I played a lot more stupid than I was and and and I think it's also I think it's also I think it's also oh gosh I can't believe I'm the one oh gosh I can't believe I'm the one oh gosh I can't believe I'm the one bringing this up uh but like being a bringing this up uh but like being a bringing this up uh but like being a woman in a male dominated field

woman in a male dominated field woman in a male dominated field and you're like trying I was just trying and you're like trying I was just trying and you're like trying I was just trying to make myself the least amount to make myself the least amount to make myself the least amount threatening or like really unthreatening threatening or like really unthreatening threatening or like really unthreatening because people are threatened by you in because people are threatened by you in because people are threatened by you in different ways and it's like you have different ways and it's like you have different ways and it's like you have such a thin line that you can walk where such a thin line that you can walk where such a thin line that you can walk where you're like okay I need to be just you're like okay I need to be just you're like okay I need to be just attractive enough for people to not be attractive enough for people to not be attractive enough for people to not be offended by my appearance but just offended by my appearance but just offended by my appearance but just unattractive enough for people to not unattractive enough for people to not unattractive enough for people to not sexualize me I have to be just smart and sexualize me I have to be just smart and sexualize me I have to be just smart and witty enough for people to be like oh my witty enough for people to be like oh my witty enough for people to be like oh my God that's really cool but also shoot God that's really cool but also shoot God that's really cool but also shoot myself down enough for other people not myself down enough for other people not myself down enough for other people not to be able to do it or be like oh yeah to be able to do it or be like oh yeah to be able to do it or be like oh yeah watch this woman try to thinking that watch this woman try to thinking that watch this woman try to thinking that she knows how to she knows how to she knows how to build Electronics you know so it's like build Electronics you know so it's like build Electronics you know so it's like that's a interesting skill to build that's a interesting skill to build that's a interesting skill to build especially when you put yourself out especially when you put yourself out especially when you put yourself out there on the internet yeah like you there on the internet yeah like you there on the internet yeah like you unfortunately that's the reality of the unfortunately that's the reality of the unfortunately that's the reality of the internet internet internet and it's a skill you have to kind of and it's a skill you have to kind of and it's a skill you have to kind of develop and it's actually why a lot of develop and it's actually why a lot of develop and it's actually why a lot of really brilliant people avoid the really brilliant people avoid the really brilliant people avoid the internet yeah like there's not many internet yeah like there's not many internet yeah like there's not many people like at MIT for example there's people like at MIT for example there's people like at MIT for example there's not many not many not many brilliant professors or PhD students and brilliant professors or PhD students and brilliant professors or PhD students and so on just putting their stuff out there so on just putting their stuff out there so on just putting their stuff out there because because because like like like um if they um if they um if they what like if they really put their heart what like if they really put their heart what like if they really put their heart and soul into a thing first of all and soul into a thing first of all and soul into a thing first of all that's really hard and nobody nobody that's really hard and nobody nobody that's really hard and nobody nobody sees it and everyone's like this is sees it and everyone's like this is sees it and everyone's like this is boring so there's so many failure modes boring so there's so many failure modes boring so there's so many failure modes like this is boring or like like you like this is boring or like like you like this is boring or like like you said you're coming off as too much of an said you're coming off as too much of an said you're coming off as too much of an expert you're not self-deprecating expert you're not self-deprecating expert you're not self-deprecating enough well there's just so many failure enough well there's just so many failure enough well there's just so many failure modes and it's terrifying for people but modes and it's terrifying for people but modes and it's terrifying for people but I feel like that's a skill you should I feel like that's a skill you should I feel like that's a skill you should learn because

learn because learn because most people like nmit University and so most people like nmit University and so most people like nmit University and so on are doing a lot of awesome stuff yeah on are doing a lot of awesome stuff yeah on are doing a lot of awesome stuff yeah and he should show it off but I feel and he should show it off but I feel and he should show it off but I feel like like like you figured out a really good process of you figured out a really good process of you figured out a really good process of of showing it off when you fail when you of showing it off when you fail when you of showing it off when you fail when you succeed all of it not taking yourself succeed all of it not taking yourself succeed all of it not taking yourself too seriously but also revealing through too seriously but also revealing through too seriously but also revealing through the humor and the self-deprecation a the humor and the self-deprecation a the humor and the self-deprecation a kind of Genius a kind of intelligence kind of Genius a kind of intelligence kind of Genius a kind of intelligence and curiosity can't I just want to and curiosity can't I just want to and curiosity can't I just want to snapshot that quote and put it on my snapshot that quote and put it on my snapshot that quote and put it on my LinkedIn LinkedIn LinkedIn what is your autobiography oh never what is your autobiography oh never what is your autobiography oh never you don't want to say that because like you don't want to say that because like you don't want to say that because like a year from now oh gosh I don't wanna I a year from now oh gosh I don't wanna I a year from now oh gosh I don't wanna I don't want to shit on autobiographies don't want to shit on autobiographies don't want to shit on autobiographies yeah no no but even just by saying that yeah no no but even just by saying that yeah no no but even just by saying that I'm shitting on autobiographies I just I'm shitting on autobiographies I just I'm shitting on autobiographies I just me being interested enough in somebody me being interested enough in somebody me being interested enough in somebody to want to read 600 pages about them to want to read 600 pages about them to want to read 600 pages about them talking about themselves it's a talking about themselves it's a talking about themselves it's a no well well that's exactly the kind of no well well that's exactly the kind of no well well that's exactly the kind of person that should write one but yeah person that should write one but yeah person that should write one but yeah but also I'm fucking 32 years old what but also I'm fucking 32 years old what but also I'm fucking 32 years old what do I have to write about like I went do I have to write about like I went do I have to write about like I went through puberty I lost my virginity and through puberty I lost my virginity and through puberty I lost my virginity and here we are like I don't know it's like here we are like I don't know it's like here we are like I don't know it's like such a such a such a three chapters yeah it's a coloring book three chapters yeah it's a coloring book three chapters yeah it's a coloring book chapter seven I learned to tie my own chapter seven I learned to tie my own chapter seven I learned to tie my own shoelaces shoelaces shoelaces I feel like it would be awesome anyway I feel like it would be awesome anyway I feel like it would be awesome anyway what's the uh the queen so how did you what's the uh the queen so how did you what's the uh the queen so how did you achieve the status of royalty the queen achieve the status of royalty the queen achieve the status of royalty the queen of shitty robots what's the origin story of shitty robots what's the origin story of shitty robots what's the origin story there I've I mean I have officially there I've I mean I have officially there I've I mean I have officially renounced my title now can you still renounced my title now can you still renounced my title now can you still speak of the time when you like I can't

speak of the time when you like I can't speak of the time when you like I can't still speak of the time your kingdom yes still speak of the time your kingdom yes still speak of the time your kingdom yes uh no I mean it started on because I did uh no I mean it started on because I did uh no I mean it started on because I did you rule by love or fear by fear of you rule by love or fear by fear of you rule by love or fear by fear of rejection rejection rejection from me that people would reject me so I from me that people would reject me so I from me that people would reject me so I um yeah I started making these little um yeah I started making these little um yeah I started making these little gifts like my the early projects that I gifts like my the early projects that I gifts like my the early projects that I did were very gift forward did were very gift forward did were very gift forward it was always like I only did it because it was always like I only did it because it was always like I only did it because they could be translated into a gif give they could be translated into a gif give they could be translated into a gif give forward I like it yeah but honestly it forward I like it yeah but honestly it forward I like it yeah but honestly it was like it's a really good mental was like it's a really good mental was like it's a really good mental exercise to vet if your project is easy exercise to vet if your project is easy exercise to vet if your project is easy enough to be explained by like a seven enough to be explained by like a seven enough to be explained by like a seven second looping video without audio second looping video without audio second looping video without audio and because like nobody's gonna care and because like nobody's gonna care and because like nobody's gonna care that it also has Bluetooth like it's that it also has Bluetooth like it's that it also has Bluetooth like it's really like is it is it self-explanatory really like is it is it self-explanatory really like is it is it self-explanatory enough to enough to enough to um be explained through a gif so yeah um be explained through a gif so yeah um be explained through a gif so yeah just pause I'm sorry to interrupt but I just pause I'm sorry to interrupt but I just pause I'm sorry to interrupt but I feel like all scientific papers and feel like all scientific papers and feel like all scientific papers and projects should go through that exercise projects should go through that exercise projects should go through that exercise yeah actually uh deepmind does a good yeah actually uh deepmind does a good yeah actually uh deepmind does a good job of this like you know this we've saw job of this like you know this we've saw job of this like you know this we've saw protein folding here's a gif that's protein folding here's a gif that's protein folding here's a gif that's literally what they do yeah because literally what they do yeah because literally what they do yeah because who's gonna read the nature paper so who's gonna read the nature paper so who's gonna read the nature paper so like this you have to like how do we like this you have to like how do we like this you have to like how do we communicate this visually in a sexy communicate this visually in a sexy communicate this visually in a sexy clean way where people can intuitively clean way where people can intuitively clean way where people can intuitively understand even if you don't know what a understand even if you don't know what a understand even if you don't know what a protein is even if you don't know what protein is even if you don't know what protein is even if you don't know what protein folding is yeah it's very like protein folding is yeah it's very like protein folding is yeah it's very like yeah if somebody comes out of context yeah if somebody comes out of context yeah if somebody comes out of context and that's been really interesting also

and that's been really interesting also and that's been really interesting also like building this product business and like building this product business and like building this product business and trying to do the marketing around that trying to do the marketing around that trying to do the marketing around that and I'm like if somebody comes in and and I'm like if somebody comes in and and I'm like if somebody comes in and they have no idea they have no idea they have no idea about what this product is will they get about what this product is will they get about what this product is will they get it explained to them in this ad and I it explained to them in this ad and I it explained to them in this ad and I don't know but it's definitely a don't know but it's definitely a don't know but it's definitely a worthwhile exercise to do so I started worthwhile exercise to do so I started worthwhile exercise to do so I started making these projects that got making these projects that got making these projects that got translated into gifts translated into gifts translated into gifts and I posted them on slash R City robots and I posted them on slash R City robots and I posted them on slash R City robots on Reddit so that's how bright it on Reddit so that's how bright it on Reddit so that's how bright it existed yeah existed yeah existed yeah I loved it I thought it was really fun I loved it I thought it was really fun I loved it I thought it was really fun and I was like I want to contribute with and I was like I want to contribute with and I was like I want to contribute with content here content here content here I don't I mean okay I don't know I was I I don't I mean okay I don't know I was I I don't I mean okay I don't know I was I think I was voted top user of 2015. so think I was voted top user of 2015. so think I was voted top user of 2015. so yeah that's an old Merit but once you yeah that's an old Merit but once you yeah that's an old Merit but once you win a Nobel Prize you always have the win a Nobel Prize you always have the win a Nobel Prize you always have the notebook okay so what was the first do notebook okay so what was the first do notebook okay so what was the first do you remember the early gifts that you you remember the early gifts that you you remember the early gifts that you created so this is when I was at punch created so this is when I was at punch created so this is when I was at punch through design in San Francisco I would through design in San Francisco I would through design in San Francisco I would kind of building a lot of Hardware kind of building a lot of Hardware kind of building a lot of Hardware projects for them but I also felt and projects for them but I also felt and projects for them but I also felt and they were so supportive of me but I also they were so supportive of me but I also they were so supportive of me but I also it's such a different way representing a it's such a different way representing a it's such a different way representing a brand versus representing yourself so brand versus representing yourself so brand versus representing yourself so there were some projects that I just there were some projects that I just there were some projects that I just like ruled out because I was like this like ruled out because I was like this like ruled out because I was like this feels too weird for this brand feels too weird for this brand feels too weird for this brand and I started building them on the side and I started building them on the side and I started building them on the side one of them was a toothbrush helmet and one of them was a toothbrush helmet and one of them was a toothbrush helmet and yeah so it's like a skateboard helmet yeah so it's like a skateboard helmet yeah so it's like a skateboard helmet with a robot arm on the forehead kind of with a robot arm on the forehead kind of with a robot arm on the forehead kind of like a unicorn horn and it brushes your like a unicorn horn and it brushes your like a unicorn horn and it brushes your teeth for you is that the first YouTube teeth for you is that the first YouTube teeth for you is that the first YouTube video you uploaded it was the first gift video you uploaded it was the first gift video you uploaded it was the first gift that I uploaded so actually I wanted to that I uploaded so actually I wanted to that I uploaded so actually I wanted to um I wanted to do a kids show about

um I wanted to do a kids show about um I wanted to do a kids show about Electronics in Sweden because I was like Electronics in Sweden because I was like Electronics in Sweden because I was like I love Electronics I think it's fucking I love Electronics I think it's fucking I love Electronics I think it's fucking dope I could do a kids show about it so dope I could do a kids show about it so dope I could do a kids show about it so I filmed this terrible terrible pilot I filmed this terrible terrible pilot I filmed this terrible terrible pilot episode in my bedroom in San Francisco episode in my bedroom in San Francisco episode in my bedroom in San Francisco and that's when I built the toothbrush and that's when I built the toothbrush and that's when I built the toothbrush helmet and I emailed it to them I mean helmet and I emailed it to them I mean helmet and I emailed it to them I mean just cold email like I'd know in or just cold email like I'd know in or just cold email like I'd know in or anything but I was like Hey I want to do anything but I was like Hey I want to do anything but I was like Hey I want to do this and this and this and um they didn't get back to me nobody's um they didn't get back to me nobody's um they didn't get back to me nobody's surprised and I was like well I have surprised and I was like well I have surprised and I was like well I have this this this thing I built I might as well post it on thing I built I might as well post it on thing I built I might as well post it on the internet so that's why I made the the internet so that's why I made the the internet so that's why I made the little GIF and I posted it on slash I do little GIF and I posted it on slash I do little GIF and I posted it on slash I do robots and I think it got like 50 000 robots and I think it got like 50 000 robots and I think it got like 50 000 views and I was like Wow and from there views and I was like Wow and from there views and I was like Wow and from there I just kept on building things and I I just kept on building things and I I just kept on building things and I think Within think Within think Within six months it was my full-time job can six months it was my full-time job can six months it was my full-time job can you go through the detailed design of you go through the detailed design of you go through the detailed design of this toothbrush helmet there's a motor this toothbrush helmet there's a motor this toothbrush helmet there's a motor it's like a server like what what uh it's like a server like what what uh it's like a server like what what uh what's the motor what's the is an what's the motor what's the is an what's the motor what's the is an Arduino involved yeah so I built it off Arduino involved yeah so I built it off Arduino involved yeah so I built it off of of of um this robot arm called me arm um this robot arm called me arm um this robot arm called me arm so it's just this acrylic robot arm so it's just this acrylic robot arm so it's just this acrylic robot arm and and and um I think it has three Servo Motors um I think it has three Servo Motors um I think it has three Servo Motors and it's all controlled by an Arduino and it's all controlled by an Arduino and it's all controlled by an Arduino all the electronics already pre-built all the electronics already pre-built all the electronics already pre-built there was a kit so I assembled it how do there was a kit so I assembled it how do there was a kit so I assembled it how do you make sure the the length of the arm you make sure the the length of the arm you make sure the the length of the arm is the proper I mean the arm came down is the proper I mean the arm came down is the proper I mean the arm came down so it's like yeah I just programmed it so it's like yeah I just programmed it so it's like yeah I just programmed it to come down to my mouth and then poorly

to come down to my mouth and then poorly to come down to my mouth and then poorly brush my front teeth yeah yeah it was brush my front teeth yeah yeah it was brush my front teeth yeah yeah it was just swung back and forth I mean trialum just swung back and forth I mean trialum just swung back and forth I mean trialum error what was the challenges of that error what was the challenges of that error what was the challenges of that do you remember oh gosh or was that one do you remember oh gosh or was that one do you remember oh gosh or was that one not much of a struggle challenge no it not much of a struggle challenge no it not much of a struggle challenge no it was definitely a struggle was definitely a struggle was definitely a struggle um because also how do you Loop it with um because also how do you Loop it with um because also how do you Loop it with a nice gift a nice gift a nice gift I mean it looks fine yeah it looks like I mean it looks fine yeah it looks like I mean it looks fine yeah it looks like yeah that's not that's not that hard uh yeah that's not that's not that hard uh yeah that's not that's not that hard uh no I mean it doesn't have to be perfect no I mean it doesn't have to be perfect no I mean it doesn't have to be perfect it's a gif it's the internet things are it's a gif it's the internet things are it's a gif it's the internet things are shitty all the time I think I mean I shitty all the time I think I mean I shitty all the time I think I mean I think the biggest struggle of that was think the biggest struggle of that was think the biggest struggle of that was that I had this intention for it to be that I had this intention for it to be that I had this intention for it to be this show and then this show and then this show and then them not giving oh yeah yeah giving back them not giving oh yeah yeah giving back them not giving oh yeah yeah giving back and I was like well if they don't want and I was like well if they don't want and I was like well if they don't want it then maybe YouTube will have me they it then maybe YouTube will have me they it then maybe YouTube will have me they don't notice my genius yet what was it don't notice my genius yet what was it don't notice my genius yet what was it what was so bad about the pilot do you what was so bad about the pilot do you what was so bad about the pilot do you remember what's like the most remember what's like the most remember what's like the most embarrassing oh cringy yeah I mean it's embarrassing oh cringy yeah I mean it's embarrassing oh cringy yeah I mean it's thankfully not on the internet so nobody thankfully not on the internet so nobody thankfully not on the internet so nobody can find it but it's very much me being can find it but it's very much me being can find it but it's very much me being in what I called host mode which is in what I called host mode which is in what I called host mode which is where I'm like okay so what we're gonna where I'm like okay so what we're gonna where I'm like okay so what we're gonna learn today is that we're gonna look at learn today is that we're gonna look at learn today is that we're gonna look at this this is something called a Servo this this is something called a Servo this this is something called a Servo motor and it's like the intonation and motor and it's like the intonation and motor and it's like the intonation and everything is really different everything is really different everything is really different and I'm actually I mean I thinking back and I'm actually I mean I thinking back and I'm actually I mean I thinking back of that I'm so happy that they didn't of that I'm so happy that they didn't of that I'm so happy that they didn't get back to me get back to me get back to me because it's such a different thing to because it's such a different thing to because it's such a different thing to kind of start your career in your living kind of start your career in your living kind of start your career in your living room running back and forth to the room running back and forth to the room running back and forth to the camera and like filming something and camera and like filming something and camera and like filming something and looking at it and like I got to really looking at it and like I got to really looking at it and like I got to really find my own voice in a different way and

find my own voice in a different way and find my own voice in a different way and then like a year later then like a year later then like a year later they offered me a show but then I was so they offered me a show but then I was so they offered me a show but then I was so off and running I was like no I don't off and running I was like no I don't off and running I was like no I don't want to do this you didn't fall into the want to do this you didn't fall into the want to do this you didn't fall into the place of being like a place of being like a place of being like a actor like a YouTuber where you're actor like a YouTuber where you're actor like a YouTuber where you're presenting a kind of personality you're presenting a kind of personality you're presenting a kind of personality you're more focused on the product you're more focused on the product you're more focused on the product you're creating I mean I think it's a the creating I mean I think it's a the creating I mean I think it's a the combination combination combination of it I mean I I think of it as acting of it I mean I I think of it as acting of it I mean I I think of it as acting sometimes but I only play the role of sometimes but I only play the role of sometimes but I only play the role of myself but of course it's like when myself but of course it's like when myself but of course it's like when you're shooting something for the you're shooting something for the you're shooting something for the seventh time yeah like you have to be seventh time yeah like you have to be seventh time yeah like you have to be able to Muster that enthusiasm but no able to Muster that enthusiasm but no able to Muster that enthusiasm but no it's not a kind of it's not a kind of it's not a kind of think of everyday life me as a watered think of everyday life me as a watered think of everyday life me as a watered down version of the YouTube version it's down version of the YouTube version it's down version of the YouTube version it's like that's a cheap knockoff like that's a cheap knockoff like that's a cheap knockoff yes.com version no it's just like add a yes.com version no it's just like add a yes.com version no it's just like add a few parts water few parts water few parts water but like on YouTube it's just so but like on YouTube it's just so but like on YouTube it's just so condensed because you have jump cuts and condensed because you have jump cuts and condensed because you have jump cuts and you know like I'll scrape jokes and make you know like I'll scrape jokes and make you know like I'll scrape jokes and make sure that everything lands and there's sure that everything lands and there's sure that everything lands and there's music and stuff and then like in real music and stuff and then like in real music and stuff and then like in real life you don't have any of that but it's life you don't have any of that but it's life you don't have any of that but it's still me uh what are some other cool still me uh what are some other cool still me uh what are some other cool robots in the early days that stand out robots in the early days that stand out robots in the early days that stand out to you I mean there's a million we can to you I mean there's a million we can to you I mean there's a million we can go through like what um maybe what what go through like what um maybe what what go through like what um maybe what what was like a challenging one like a really was like a challenging one like a really was like a challenging one like a really challenging one in the early days challenging one in the early days challenging one in the early days I mean I remember the breakfast robot I mean I remember the breakfast robot I mean I remember the breakfast robot which was my second project was a which was my second project was a which was my second project was a challenging one so eating cereal yeah challenging one so eating cereal yeah challenging one so eating cereal yeah it's a robot that like pours milk and it's a robot that like pours milk and it's a robot that like pours milk and cereal and feeds me with a spoon I was cereal and feeds me with a spoon I was cereal and feeds me with a spoon I was mostly challenging because it was so

mostly challenging because it was so mostly challenging because it was so like like like everything had to be in the right everything had to be in the right everything had to be in the right location and there were so many takes location and there were so many takes location and there were so many takes before I got everything right and by before I got everything right and by before I got everything right and by right I mean it makes an absolute mess right I mean it makes an absolute mess right I mean it makes an absolute mess um yeah that one was challenging but it um yeah that one was challenging but it um yeah that one was challenging but it takes was that one takes was that one takes was that one I don't know probably 12 10 so it's just I don't know probably 12 10 so it's just I don't know probably 12 10 so it's just a mess everywhere as a mess and also I a mess everywhere as a mess and also I a mess everywhere as a mess and also I use like Cheerios for the cereals and my use like Cheerios for the cereals and my use like Cheerios for the cereals and my it's shot in my old bedroom in San it's shot in my old bedroom in San it's shot in my old bedroom in San Francisco and the floors were sticky for Francisco and the floors were sticky for Francisco and the floors were sticky for weeks afterwards juicer goes into your weeks afterwards juicer goes into your weeks afterwards juicer goes into your autobiography yeah autobiography yeah autobiography yeah nice let's check it just type out this nice let's check it just type out this nice let's check it just type out this podcast let's release it as a and my podcast let's release it as a and my podcast let's release it as a and my manager would be stoked we'll fix it in manager would be stoked we'll fix it in manager would be stoked we'll fix it in post post post um yeah the feed because you have like a um yeah the feed because you have like a um yeah the feed because you have like a couple of feeding ones right a soup couple of feeding ones right a soup couple of feeding ones right a soup isn't there a soup one yeah there's a isn't there a soup one yeah there's a isn't there a soup one yeah there's a soup robot soup robot soup robot um there's a beer pouring robot um there's a beer pouring robot um there's a beer pouring robot I mean that's that's awesome that's a I mean that's that's awesome that's a I mean that's that's awesome that's a difficult robotics problem difficult robotics problem difficult robotics problem in the shitty and the in the perfect in the shitty and the in the perfect in the shitty and the in the perfect version version version of having an arm that interacts of having an arm that interacts of having an arm that interacts intimately with a human being and one of intimately with a human being and one of intimately with a human being and one of the most intimate things you can do with the most intimate things you can do with the most intimate things you can do with a human being that's PG is defeated a human being that's PG is defeated a human being that's PG is defeated where's he going with this uh oh my God where's he going with this uh oh my God where's he going with this uh oh my God he's a YouTube comic come live like damn he's a YouTube comic come live like damn he's a YouTube comic come live like damn it so like to me there's uh like feeding it so like to me there's uh like feeding it so like to me there's uh like feeding is tricky is tricky is tricky or even like getting a beer even pouring or even like getting a beer even pouring or even like getting a beer even pouring a beer is tough into a glass yeah it's a beer is tough into a glass yeah it's a beer is tough into a glass yeah it's trickier than anyone who hasn't tried it

trickier than anyone who hasn't tried it trickier than anyone who hasn't tried it thanks and thanks and thanks and even making it I think what I realized even making it I think what I realized even making it I think what I realized is that like is that like is that like making things really shitty or like making things really shitty or like making things really shitty or like failing in a spectacular way is also its failing in a spectacular way is also its failing in a spectacular way is also its own sort of skill because like the own sort of skill because like the own sort of skill because like the shittiest robot is the one that doesn't shittiest robot is the one that doesn't shittiest robot is the one that doesn't turn on right but like that isn't much turn on right but like that isn't much turn on right but like that isn't much to watch so it was always like wanting to watch so it was always like wanting to watch so it was always like wanting for it to fail in these kind of for it to fail in these kind of for it to fail in these kind of spectacular ways spectacular ways spectacular ways um no there's a lot of stuff to be said um no there's a lot of stuff to be said um no there's a lot of stuff to be said about Engineering in it is there about Engineering in it is there about Engineering in it is there something to be said on a philosophical something to be said on a philosophical something to be said on a philosophical level about the value of a flawed robot level about the value of a flawed robot level about the value of a flawed robot so like so like so like the kind of robots you want is to be the kind of robots you want is to be the kind of robots you want is to be partially flawed like do you think the partially flawed like do you think the partially flawed like do you think the kind of robots will have in the home kind of robots will have in the home kind of robots will have in the home that are friends and that are friends and that are friends and um you know almost like pets wouldn't um you know almost like pets wouldn't um you know almost like pets wouldn't they need to be kind of shitty because they need to be kind of shitty because they need to be kind of shitty because we can love the somehow we humans loved we can love the somehow we humans loved we can love the somehow we humans loved the shitty I mean it is kind of the shitty I mean it is kind of the shitty I mean it is kind of endearing and because I think it it kind endearing and because I think it it kind endearing and because I think it it kind of I'm gonna mess up this world word of I'm gonna mess up this world word of I'm gonna mess up this world word anthropomorphize system anthropomorphize system anthropomorphize system I think it's I mean I never feel as I think it's I mean I never feel as I think it's I mean I never feel as deeply connected to my Roomba as when deeply connected to my Roomba as when deeply connected to my Roomba as when it's like it's like it's like I'm on a cliff like paper have you had I'm on a cliff like paper have you had I'm on a cliff like paper have you had roomba's taught me ledge no I really roomba's taught me ledge no I really roomba's taught me ledge no I really yeah I've done that a lot yeah when they yeah I've done that a lot yeah when they yeah I've done that a lot yeah when they talk to you yeah talk to you yeah talk to you yeah immediately anthropomorphize them yeah immediately anthropomorphize them yeah immediately anthropomorphize them yeah and then you have if they have a name and then you have if they have a name and then you have if they have a name which is why most roboticists don't give which is why most roboticists don't give which is why most roboticists don't give names or gender to robots because you names or gender to robots because you names or gender to robots because you become connected to them I'm of the

become connected to them I'm of the become connected to them I'm of the opposite mind opposite mind opposite mind you should have like an intimate you should have like an intimate you should have like an intimate relationship sounds weird but you should relationship sounds weird but you should relationship sounds weird but you should have a close connection to robots I mean have a close connection to robots I mean have a close connection to robots I mean there there's power in that there's a there there's power in that there's a there there's power in that there's a social element of Robotics even an arm social element of Robotics even an arm social element of Robotics even an arm I don't know there's something about us I don't know there's something about us I don't know there's something about us humans that gain so much value humans that gain so much value humans that gain so much value from our interaction with Dynamic from our interaction with Dynamic from our interaction with Dynamic objects and we should like lean into objects and we should like lean into objects and we should like lean into that as opposed to run away from it that that as opposed to run away from it that that as opposed to run away from it that was always the confusing thing to me was always the confusing thing to me was always the confusing thing to me about robotics is that most roboticists about robotics is that most roboticists about robotics is that most roboticists run away from that yeah run away from that yeah run away from that yeah weird because it's obviously going to be weird because it's obviously going to be weird because it's obviously going to be robots are obviously going to be robots are obviously going to be robots are obviously going to be everywhere everywhere everywhere yeah obviously but it's also humans are yeah obviously but it's also humans are yeah obviously but it's also humans are sensitive and Squishy and there's so sensitive and Squishy and there's so sensitive and Squishy and there's so much liability oh yeah much liability oh yeah much liability oh yeah yeah but the humans are sensitive and yeah but the humans are sensitive and yeah but the humans are sensitive and Squishy Squishy Squishy when they interact with each other and when they interact with each other and when they interact with each other and they hurt each other all the time they hurt each other all the time they hurt each other all the time like sometimes they get together and like sometimes they get together and like sometimes they get together and they're like oh you're the best you know they're like oh you're the best you know they're like oh you're the best you know you're the best and then they leave each you're the best and then they leave each you're the best and then they leave each other and then they break each other's other and then they break each other's other and then they break each other's heart sorry about your breakup life he's heart sorry about your breakup life he's heart sorry about your breakup life he's trying to get over this trying to get over this trying to get over this I'm actually drunk for this interview I I'm actually drunk for this interview I I'm actually drunk for this interview I haven't been able to sleep but but from a safety protocol perspective from a safety protocol perspective from a safety protocol perspective people think about like physical damage people think about like physical damage people think about like physical damage not emotional damage I know this sounds not emotional damage I know this sounds not emotional damage I know this sounds ridiculous I know it sounds ridiculous ridiculous I know it sounds ridiculous ridiculous I know it sounds ridiculous but it won't be it's already happening but it won't be it's already happening but it won't be it's already happening there's an app called replica where there's an app called replica where there's an app called replica where people have an intimate relationship people have an intimate relationship people have an intimate relationship with an AI chatbot and they hurt with an AI chatbot and they hurt with an AI chatbot and they hurt themselves I was thinking about this themselves I was thinking about this themselves I was thinking about this yeah okay in dating what if you because

yeah okay in dating what if you because yeah okay in dating what if you because you can train you can train you can train like a chat bot to kind of mimic the way like a chat bot to kind of mimic the way like a chat bot to kind of mimic the way that you talk to people and interact that you talk to people and interact that you talk to people and interact with people go on yeah but then I'm like with people go on yeah but then I'm like with people go on yeah but then I'm like okay but what if we could all make AI okay but what if we could all make AI okay but what if we could all make AI versions of ourselves and have them date versions of ourselves and have them date versions of ourselves and have them date yeah like thousands of thousands of yeah like thousands of thousands of yeah like thousands of thousands of other AI people and have that as a way other AI people and have that as a way other AI people and have that as a way to turn out potential potential to turn out potential potential to turn out potential potential candidates like I feel like that's gonna candidates like I feel like that's gonna candidates like I feel like that's gonna be what's what's the be what's what's the be what's what's the yeah what's the what no but what's the yeah what's the what no but what's the yeah what's the what no but what's the point of like meeting 20 people if point of like meeting 20 people if point of like meeting 20 people if you're like oh but if we just had our AI you're like oh but if we just had our AI you're like oh but if we just had our AI versions of ourselves in Iraq they'd be versions of ourselves in Iraq they'd be versions of ourselves in Iraq they'd be like oh your your method of conflict is like oh your your method of conflict is like oh your your method of conflict is not going to match or what if the AI not going to match or what if the AI not going to match or what if the AI version of you like sleeps around with version of you like sleeps around with version of you like sleeps around with all the other AIS and it becomes famous all the other AIS and it becomes famous all the other AIS and it becomes famous for that and it starts its own only fans for that and it starts its own only fans for that and it starts its own only fans and then it becomes and you're like what and then it becomes and you're like what and then it becomes and you're like what did you do you come back home you'd did you do you come back home you'd did you do you come back home you'd realize like I don't I didn't want to realize like I don't I didn't want to realize like I don't I didn't want to created a monster create a monster I created a monster create a monster I created a monster create a monster I mean do I get a cut exactly that's the mean do I get a cut exactly that's the mean do I get a cut exactly that's the question I have to ask but I think it's question I have to ask but I think it's question I have to ask but I think it's definitely like yeah the the human definitely like yeah the the human definitely like yeah the the human technology interaction is really technology interaction is really technology interaction is really interesting because I feel like I don't interesting because I feel like I don't interesting because I feel like I don't love any of the machines that I have in love any of the machines that I have in love any of the machines that I have in my life really you haven't you haven't I my life really you haven't you haven't I my life really you haven't you haven't I mean I don't love my phone I touch it mean I don't love my phone I touch it mean I don't love my phone I touch it all the time and it's there and it's all the time and it's there and it's all the time and it's there and it's like constantly it's a constant presence like constantly it's a constant presence like constantly it's a constant presence but there's nothing in the meat that but there's nothing in the meat that but there's nothing in the meat that feels like oh I love this object like I feels like oh I love this object like I feels like oh I love this object like I kind of despise it kind of despise it kind of despise it well that might be the way you show love well that might be the way you show love well that might be the way you show love I don't know yeah that's a deeper that's

I don't know yeah that's a deeper that's I don't know yeah that's a deeper that's another psychoanalysis thing uh so you another psychoanalysis thing uh so you another psychoanalysis thing uh so you know there's not robots whom you've know there's not robots whom you've know there's not robots whom you've taken apart that you miss taken apart that you miss taken apart that you miss no they're all terrible I mean I I have no they're all terrible I mean I I have no they're all terrible I mean I I have objects that I built that I love objects that I built that I love objects that I built that I love um none of the robots I think but that's um none of the robots I think but that's um none of the robots I think but that's also because it was a different that was also because it was a different that was also because it was a different that was a different era where I wasn't really a different era where I wasn't really a different era where I wasn't really putting a lot of care into the projects putting a lot of care into the projects putting a lot of care into the projects I built so the more care you put into it I built so the more care you put into it I built so the more care you put into it into the design to actually make it look into the design to actually make it look into the design to actually make it look to make it functional and look good to make it functional and look good to make it functional and look good that's where you put the love in yeah I that's where you put the love in yeah I that's where you put the love in yeah I mean it is it's like I feel like any mean it is it's like I feel like any mean it is it's like I feel like any technology company that figures out a technology company that figures out a technology company that figures out a way to get you to actually genuinely way to get you to actually genuinely way to get you to actually genuinely love your Roomba or like love it in the love your Roomba or like love it in the love your Roomba or like love it in the way that you would love a pet way that you would love a pet way that you would love a pet there's a lot to there's a lot to there's a lot to be gained yeah and I think it's scary be gained yeah and I think it's scary be gained yeah and I think it's scary depending on who the company is because depending on who the company is because depending on who the company is because then they can manipulate you yeah if you then they can manipulate you yeah if you then they can manipulate you yeah if you love your Roomba love your Roomba love your Roomba and all of a sudden your Roomba starts and all of a sudden your Roomba starts and all of a sudden your Roomba starts telling you telling you telling you to buy stuff yeah or it's leaving to put to buy stuff yeah or it's leaving to put to buy stuff yeah or it's leaving to put lotion on Jeff bezos's head yeah yeah I lotion on Jeff bezos's head yeah yeah I lotion on Jeff bezos's head yeah yeah I don't know where the lotion came in but don't know where the lotion came in but don't know where the lotion came in but yes maybe if I certainly I just imagine yes maybe if I certainly I just imagine yes maybe if I certainly I just imagine my Amazon Echo being like hey Jeff Bezos my Amazon Echo being like hey Jeff Bezos my Amazon Echo being like hey Jeff Bezos is really a great guy is really a great guy is really a great guy but even though you haven't do you think but even though you haven't do you think but even though you haven't do you think it's possible to fall in love with the it's possible to fall in love with the it's possible to fall in love with the robot yeah I mean people fall in love robot yeah I mean people fall in love robot yeah I mean people fall in love with things all the time well people with things all the time well people with things all the time well people have fallen in love with Yoshi robots have fallen in love with Yoshi robots have fallen in love with Yoshi robots probably probably probably I guarantee you there's people listening I guarantee you there's people listening I guarantee you there's people listening to this that are a little bit

to this that are a little bit to this that are a little bit heartbroken saying that you've never heartbroken saying that you've never heartbroken saying that you've never fall in love with your shitty robots fall in love with your shitty robots fall in love with your shitty robots they're like but I had a relationship they're like but I had a relationship they're like but I had a relationship like I have an emotional connection to like I have an emotional connection to like I have an emotional connection to that robot like the one with the parent that robot like the one with the parent that robot like the one with the parent Patsy on the back oh that one that one I Patsy on the back oh that one that one I Patsy on the back oh that one that one I do like I like that one a lot um that's do like I like that one a lot um that's do like I like that one a lot um that's probably my favorite like shitty robot probably my favorite like shitty robot probably my favorite like shitty robot can you explain it so it's the machine can you explain it so it's the machine can you explain it so it's the machine it was my friend Daniel Beauchamp and I it was my friend Daniel Beauchamp and I it was my friend Daniel Beauchamp and I we had this long-running joke about a we had this long-running joke about a we had this long-running joke about a proud parent machine that you could give proud parent machine that you could give proud parent machine that you could give a quarter and a passcode on the shoulder a quarter and a passcode on the shoulder a quarter and a passcode on the shoulder says proud of you yeah says proud of you yeah says proud of you yeah um so yeah I still have that hanging on um so yeah I still have that hanging on um so yeah I still have that hanging on my wall in my workshop so that one I'm my wall in my workshop so that one I'm my wall in my workshop so that one I'm I'm really happy with I just think it's I'm really happy with I just think it's I'm really happy with I just think it's a really funny concept and also I executed the funny concept and also I executed the build well so that was so it's an arm build well so that was so it's an arm build well so that was so it's an arm like what's the build yeah I built it like what's the build yeah I built it like what's the build yeah I built it off of an old lamp arm yeah basically off of an old lamp arm yeah basically off of an old lamp arm yeah basically it's just a motorized arm and this kind it's just a motorized arm and this kind it's just a motorized arm and this kind of torso of torso of torso of of a person so it's actually a hand of of a person so it's actually a hand of of a person so it's actually a hand right that's not it correctly it's like right that's not it correctly it's like right that's not it correctly it's like a laser cut it's just laser cut plywood a laser cut it's just laser cut plywood a laser cut it's just laser cut plywood and it kind of has like it looks creepy and it kind of has like it looks creepy and it kind of has like it looks creepy yeah which I like yeah the creepy helps yeah which I like yeah the creepy helps yeah which I like yeah the creepy helps with the yeah with the yeah with the yeah and yeah it's as proud of you son and yeah it's as proud of you son and yeah it's as proud of you son because I just thought that sounded more because I just thought that sounded more because I just thought that sounded more funny than proud of you daughter and funny than proud of you daughter and funny than proud of you daughter and also proud of you son just also proud of you son just also proud of you son just it immediately communicates that it's a it immediately communicates that it's a it immediately communicates that it's a parent it's not just like a colleague or parent it's not just like a colleague or parent it's not just like a colleague or something it's like proud of you something it's like proud of you something it's like proud of you yeah oh my charges do a quarter for it yeah oh my charges do a quarter for it yeah oh my charges do a quarter for it yeah but he added like Chad GPT on top

yeah but he added like Chad GPT on top yeah but he added like Chad GPT on top of that and uh fine tune it on of that and uh fine tune it on of that and uh fine tune it on conversations you've had with your conversations you've had with your conversations you've had with your parents and all of a sudden you have a parents and all of a sudden you have a parents and all of a sudden you have a thing that can fundamentally transform thing that can fundamentally transform thing that can fundamentally transform your psyche yeah your psyche yeah your psyche yeah that's all it takes that's a beautiful that's all it takes that's a beautiful that's all it takes that's a beautiful creation how'd you come up with that creation how'd you come up with that creation how'd you come up with that creation I was my friend Daniel and I creation I was my friend Daniel and I creation I was my friend Daniel and I who had a long-running joke about it who had a long-running joke about it who had a long-running joke about it high level can you speak to your high level can you speak to your high level can you speak to your creative process I think a lot of it I creative process I think a lot of it I creative process I think a lot of it I mean it's changed for the Shady robots mean it's changed for the Shady robots mean it's changed for the Shady robots yeah I mean it has a lot of overlap yeah I mean it has a lot of overlap yeah I mean it has a lot of overlap um so it's identifying everyday problems um so it's identifying everyday problems um so it's identifying everyday problems and in the shitty robot era I would kind and in the shitty robot era I would kind and in the shitty robot era I would kind of take an everyday problem like oh I of take an everyday problem like oh I of take an everyday problem like oh I have a hard time getting up in the have a hard time getting up in the have a hard time getting up in the morning and I would have solve it in the morning and I would have solve it in the morning and I would have solve it in the most ridiculous spectacular way I could most ridiculous spectacular way I could most ridiculous spectacular way I could think of so for waking up in the morning think of so for waking up in the morning think of so for waking up in the morning it was having an alarm clock that slaps it was having an alarm clock that slaps it was having an alarm clock that slaps me in the face with a rubber hand me in the face with a rubber hand me in the face with a rubber hand and what I'm doing now is still and what I'm doing now is still and what I'm doing now is still identifying everyday problems but I'm identifying everyday problems but I'm identifying everyday problems but I'm actually trying to like product design actually trying to like product design actually trying to like product design my way out of it what in your experience my way out of it what in your experience my way out of it what in your experience was the funniest thing is it violence was the funniest thing is it violence was the funniest thing is it violence like the hand slapping you food eating like the hand slapping you food eating like the hand slapping you food eating is there is or is it just a case about is there is or is it just a case about is there is or is it just a case about it funniest it funniest it funniest is no I think it's more like the proud is no I think it's more like the proud is no I think it's more like the proud parent machine it's not violent it parent machine it's not violent it parent machine it's not violent it doesn't there's no nothing it's just doesn't there's no nothing it's just doesn't there's no nothing it's just emotional and it's kind of a commentary on this fraught a commentary on this fraught relationship that we sometimes have with relationship that we sometimes have with relationship that we sometimes have with our parents and their pride of us our parents and their pride of us our parents and their pride of us sometimes every time sometimes every time sometimes every time sometimes my dad visited like last week sometimes my dad visited like last week sometimes my dad visited like last week and he was like I just want to say I'm and he was like I just want to say I'm and he was like I just want to say I'm so proud of you and for the built life

so proud of you and for the built life so proud of you and for the built life you've built for yourself and that was you've built for yourself and that was you've built for yourself and that was really sweet really sweet really sweet yeah I'll put that on the back of my yeah I'll put that on the back of my yeah I'll put that on the back of my autobiography too yeah it's not your autobiography too yeah it's not your autobiography too yeah it's not your fault Simone it's not your fault that fault Simone it's not your fault that fault Simone it's not your fault that stuff is my fault stuff is my fault stuff is my fault what was the longest one to complete for what was the longest one to complete for what was the longest one to complete for the Shady robots that you remember the Shady robots that you remember the Shady robots that you remember because he spent on a few of them you because he spent on a few of them you because he spent on a few of them you spent quite a long time spent quite a long time spent quite a long time [Music] which is also inspiring when you take so which is also inspiring when you take so long in a project yeah I think um long in a project yeah I think um long in a project yeah I think um can even the more like fun Whimsical can even the more like fun Whimsical can even the more like fun Whimsical Department rather than shitty robots I Department rather than shitty robots I Department rather than shitty robots I built recently built recently built recently um this music box so like a small music um this music box so like a small music um this music box so like a small music box that kind of has a barrel with box that kind of has a barrel with box that kind of has a barrel with little spikes and it plays the song but little spikes and it plays the song but little spikes and it plays the song but I did a large version of that that pops I did a large version of that that pops I did a large version of that that pops a sheet of bubble wrap and then like a sheet of bubble wrap and then like a sheet of bubble wrap and then like plays tones into a pan flute so yeah you plays tones into a pan flute so yeah you plays tones into a pan flute so yeah you can actually program it to play can actually program it to play can actually program it to play different songs different songs different songs that one kicked my butt in so many that one kicked my butt in so many that one kicked my butt in so many creative ways that it was such a pain I creative ways that it was such a pain I creative ways that it was such a pain I think that is probably the like think that is probably the like think that is probably the like weird funny project that's taken me the weird funny project that's taken me the weird funny project that's taken me the longest and like the biggest engineering longest and like the biggest engineering longest and like the biggest engineering effort where's the all sound coming from effort where's the all sound coming from effort where's the all sound coming from so if you it all came from me realizing so if you it all came from me realizing so if you it all came from me realizing that if you pop bubble wrap and you pop that if you pop bubble wrap and you pop that if you pop bubble wrap and you pop it right in front of the opening of a it right in front of the opening of a it right in front of the opening of a pamphlet or like one of the pipes you pamphlet or like one of the pipes you pamphlet or like one of the pipes you can have it play different tones can have it play different tones can have it play different tones so that's what it does so I built this so that's what it does so I built this so that's what it does so I built this music instrument off of that okay if music instrument off of that okay if music instrument off of that okay if it's okay can you describe some it's okay can you describe some it's okay can you describe some something like how it works some of the something like how it works some of the something like how it works some of the the technical details here yeah so

the technical details here yeah so the technical details here yeah so basically I mean one of the things that I worked with things that I worked with um as of a year and a half back I hired um as of a year and a half back I hired um as of a year and a half back I hired an engineer stew so we were an engineer stew so we were an engineer stew so we were collaborating on it collaborating on it collaborating on it um but a big issue that we had was um but a big issue that we had was um but a big issue that we had was feeding in the bubble wrap feeding in the bubble wrap feeding in the bubble wrap sheet and like making sure that it feeds sheet and like making sure that it feeds sheet and like making sure that it feeds them straight and doesn't get skewed them straight and doesn't get skewed them straight and doesn't get skewed because you need to make like the because you need to make like the because you need to make like the popping feet which is where you program popping feet which is where you program popping feet which is where you program this Barrel to pop different bubbles this Barrel to pop different bubbles this Barrel to pop different bubbles need to be so perfectly aligned on the need to be so perfectly aligned on the need to be so perfectly aligned on the bubble of the bubble wrap for it to pop bubble of the bubble wrap for it to pop bubble of the bubble wrap for it to pop in the right location so there's a in the right location so there's a in the right location so there's a feeder for the bubble wrap that's a feeder for the bubble wrap that's a feeder for the bubble wrap that's a challenge and then you have to have a challenge and then you have to have a challenge and then you have to have a barrel with the little baby feet on it barrel with the little baby feet on it barrel with the little baby feet on it yeah that pops the ball around why is it yeah that pops the ball around why is it yeah that pops the ball around why is it so exciting that Barrel was a pain as so exciting that Barrel was a pain as so exciting that Barrel was a pain as well I had to get a like this rotary well I had to get a like this rotary well I had to get a like this rotary setup for my CNC and yeah it was it was setup for my CNC and yeah it was it was setup for my CNC and yeah it was it was a lot of work a lot of work a lot of work um but that was really fun and it's just um but that was really fun and it's just um but that was really fun and it's just like like like this is probably my this is probably my this is probably my favorite favorite favorite privilege of my job is that I can privilege of my job is that I can privilege of my job is that I can go down any Rabbit Hole I think find go down any Rabbit Hole I think find go down any Rabbit Hole I think find interesting did you have a lot of interesting did you have a lot of interesting did you have a lot of Joy from popping the Joy from popping the Joy from popping the yeah the bubbles a lot of self-soothing yeah the bubbles a lot of self-soothing yeah the bubbles a lot of self-soothing and like I got to spend I think I spent and like I got to spend I think I spent and like I got to spend I think I spent a week trying to figure out the best a week trying to figure out the best a week trying to figure out the best material to pop bubble wrap with because material to pop bubble wrap with because material to pop bubble wrap with because if you have two if you kind of put them if you have two if you kind of put them if you have two if you kind of put them to to through uh or through if you put a to to through uh or through if you put a to to through uh or through if you put a sheet of bubble wrap through two rigid

sheet of bubble wrap through two rigid sheet of bubble wrap through two rigid tubes the air kind of just escapes from tubes the air kind of just escapes from tubes the air kind of just escapes from one side of the bubble into the other so one side of the bubble into the other so one side of the bubble into the other so what I realized was that if you have a what I realized was that if you have a what I realized was that if you have a squishy material like kind of a yoga mat squishy material like kind of a yoga mat squishy material like kind of a yoga mat material in between it it actually it material in between it it actually it material in between it it actually it prevents that and Pops it a lot more prevents that and Pops it a lot more prevents that and Pops it a lot more reliably but like increasing the pop reliably but like increasing the pop reliably but like increasing the pop reliability was a huge effort as well reliability was a huge effort as well reliability was a huge effort as well you have to pop a squishy thing with you have to pop a squishy thing with you have to pop a squishy thing with another squishy because you don't need a another squishy because you don't need a another squishy because you don't need a lot of force yeah like you just need it lot of force yeah like you just need it lot of force yeah like you just need it to not the air to not be able to escape to not the air to not be able to escape to not the air to not be able to escape anywhere wow but then also we had there anywhere wow but then also we had there anywhere wow but then also we had there was different qualities of bubble wrap was different qualities of bubble wrap was different qualities of bubble wrap where there was a lot of transference where there was a lot of transference where there was a lot of transference between different bubbles so instead of between different bubbles so instead of between different bubbles so instead of the bubble popping it would just seep the bubble popping it would just seep the bubble popping it would just seep the air and to a neighboring bubble and the air and to a neighboring bubble and the air and to a neighboring bubble and that like membrane would kind of so you that like membrane would kind of so you that like membrane would kind of so you know I I just like getting to spend know I I just like getting to spend know I I just like getting to spend weeks on weeks of just studying bubble weeks on weeks of just studying bubble weeks on weeks of just studying bubble wrap did you ever think about like wrap did you ever think about like wrap did you ever think about like publishing academic work on Bubble Wrap publishing academic work on Bubble Wrap publishing academic work on Bubble Wrap no no no wouldn't that be epic because nobody's wouldn't that be epic because nobody's wouldn't that be epic because nobody's done this I bet you nobody's done done this I bet you nobody's done done this I bet you nobody's done squishing it squishing material on squishing it squishing material on squishing it squishing material on Squishy versus squishy Squishy versus squishy Squishy versus squishy for popping I bet somebody has but you for popping I bet somebody has but you for popping I bet somebody has but you know I I always I thought I was gonna go know I I always I thought I was gonna go know I I always I thought I was gonna go into Academia like I was such an into Academia like I was such an into Academia like I was such an ambitious student I loved school I ambitious student I loved school I ambitious student I loved school I actually applied to MIT but then I actually applied to MIT but then I actually applied to MIT but then I pulled out because I was like no I don't pulled out because I was like no I don't pulled out because I was like no I don't want to do it want to do it want to do it um but now I realize it's really good um but now I realize it's really good um but now I realize it's really good that I didn't because I'm too much of a that I didn't because I'm too much of a that I didn't because I'm too much of a spouse too much of the spaz now I'm spouse too much of the spaz now I'm spouse too much of the spaz now I'm distracted I'm thinking there must be distracted I'm thinking there must be distracted I'm thinking there must be papers about when you have two bubbles papers about when you have two bubbles papers about when you have two bubbles yeah you need to know the physics of two

yeah you need to know the physics of two yeah you need to know the physics of two bubbles when you have two bubbles bubbles when you have two bubbles bubbles when you have two bubbles colliding colliding colliding one will pop first one will pop first one will pop first and there has to be good models of that and there has to be good models of that and there has to be good models of that but that's very that has to do with but that's very that has to do with but that's very that has to do with chemistry and whatever the uh the chemistry and whatever the uh the chemistry and whatever the uh the material the ball was made from but then material the ball was made from but then material the ball was made from but then no there's materials in here this guy no there's materials in here this guy no there's materials in here this guy somebody must understand bubble wrap somebody must understand bubble wrap somebody must understand bubble wrap deeply deeply deeply like deeply like deeply like deeply so I'm just going to take a quick so I'm just going to take a quick so I'm just going to take a quick restroom break because uh Lex is on his restroom break because uh Lex is on his restroom break because uh Lex is on his own train now and I'm just gonna leave own train now and I'm just gonna leave own train now and I'm just gonna leave yeah you actually don't need to go to yeah you actually don't need to go to yeah you actually don't need to go to the restroom okay the restroom okay the restroom okay so I'm going to insert like a two hour so I'm going to insert like a two hour so I'm going to insert like a two hour uh instructional here with like a uh instructional here with like a uh instructional here with like a Blackboard right it's the skill Blackboard right it's the skill Blackboard right it's the skill the skill store it's I the skill store it's I the skill store it's I throw you any topic and you could just throw you any topic and you could just throw you any topic and you could just go on about it I don't know if I have go on about it I don't know if I have go on about it I don't know if I have that skill I just okay okay um Bubble on Bubble um Bubble on Bubble um Bubble on Bubble an interaction an interaction an interaction so you did mention so you did mention so you did mention um MIT uh you went to college for um MIT uh you went to college for um MIT uh you went to college for physics for one year and you dropped out physics for one year and you dropped out physics for one year and you dropped out what do you learn from that what do you learn from that what do you learn from that who do you think should and shouldn't go who do you think should and shouldn't go who do you think should and shouldn't go to college hmm to college hmm to college hmm I think first of all you shouldn't I think first of all you shouldn't I think first of all you shouldn't listen to me listen to me listen to me um um um that should be the name of your that should be the name of your that should be the name of your autobiography I I you know I realized that I was there for you know I realized that I was there for you know I realized that I was there for the wrong reasons I had this deep I got the wrong reasons I had this deep I got the wrong reasons I had this deep I got completely like starting to get grades completely like starting to get grades completely like starting to get grades in school which in Sweden at that time

in school which in Sweden at that time in school which in Sweden at that time we started getting in at eighth grade so we started getting in at eighth grade so we started getting in at eighth grade so when I was 14 it just kind of hijacked when I was 14 it just kind of hijacked when I was 14 it just kind of hijacked my brain because I realized that I could my brain because I realized that I could my brain because I realized that I could put a number on how smart I was and I put a number on how smart I was and I put a number on how smart I was and I got obsessed with it and I got obsessed with it and I got obsessed with it and I wanted to study mechanical engineering wanted to study mechanical engineering wanted to study mechanical engineering because I was like I like machines because I was like I like machines because I was like I like machines but then physics was kind of the hardest but then physics was kind of the hardest but then physics was kind of the hardest thing you could do when I had this like thing you could do when I had this like thing you could do when I had this like deep need to prove to myself that I was deep need to prove to myself that I was deep need to prove to myself that I was smart so I started studying physics smart so I started studying physics smart so I started studying physics realized I wasn't that smart realized I wasn't that smart realized I wasn't that smart I realized or I mean just mostly that I I realized or I mean just mostly that I I realized or I mean just mostly that I like I love math but I don't love math like I love math but I don't love math like I love math but I don't love math 10 10 10 hours a day yeah and also I think I am a hours a day yeah and also I think I am a hours a day yeah and also I think I am a generalist through and through like I'm generalist through and through like I'm generalist through and through like I'm decent at a fair amount of things but decent at a fair amount of things but decent at a fair amount of things but definitely not a specialist and anyways definitely not a specialist and anyways definitely not a specialist and anyways and this it was such a specialist type and this it was such a specialist type and this it was such a specialist type of area of area of area um that I felt like the other parts of um that I felt like the other parts of um that I felt like the other parts of my brain kind of just dwindled and died my brain kind of just dwindled and died my brain kind of just dwindled and died so I think I think most of all if people so I think I think most of all if people so I think I think most of all if people are thinking about going to college and are thinking about going to college and are thinking about going to college and especially if you're here in the States especially if you're here in the States especially if you're here in the States and it's so fucking expensive and it's so fucking expensive and it's so fucking expensive really really really okay there's two there's two things I okay there's two there's two things I okay there's two there's two things I want to do one is like actually go to a want to do one is like actually go to a want to do one is like actually go to a workplace where people are doing the job workplace where people are doing the job workplace where people are doing the job that you think you want to do if you that you think you want to do if you that you think you want to do if you want to become a doctor like be at a want to become a doctor like be at a want to become a doctor like be at a hospital and like try to see how doctors hospital and like try to see how doctors hospital and like try to see how doctors work and if you actually like it because work and if you actually like it because work and if you actually like it because I feel like people have a lot of ideas I feel like people have a lot of ideas I feel like people have a lot of ideas of what it's going to be like and it

of what it's going to be like and it of what it's going to be like and it just doesn't match with reality and then just doesn't match with reality and then just doesn't match with reality and then I think when people figure out what they I think when people figure out what they I think when people figure out what they want to do there's kind of want to do there's kind of want to do there's kind of that's two separate questions or there's that's two separate questions or there's that's two separate questions or there's two questions that you can split out of two questions that you can split out of two questions that you can split out of that one is like what do you actually that one is like what do you actually that one is like what do you actually want to do that for me want to do that for me want to do that for me for the last 10 years is building stuff for the last 10 years is building stuff for the last 10 years is building stuff but then there's a second part to that but then there's a second part to that but then there's a second part to that question which is what context do you question which is what context do you question which is what context do you want to do that do you want to build want to do that do you want to build want to do that do you want to build stuff at a startup or at a big stuff at a startup or at a big stuff at a startup or at a big Corporation Do you want to build stuff Corporation Do you want to build stuff Corporation Do you want to build stuff for an art gallery or for the movies or for an art gallery or for the movies or for an art gallery or for the movies or for YouTube and for YouTube and for YouTube and I think that's often like people only I think that's often like people only I think that's often like people only learn how to answer the first question learn how to answer the first question learn how to answer the first question but then it's like the context means as but then it's like the context means as but then it's like the context means as much because I was building stuff at much because I was building stuff at much because I was building stuff at punch through design and I wasn't punch through design and I wasn't punch through design and I wasn't getting that like deep fulfillment like getting that like deep fulfillment like getting that like deep fulfillment like I felt like I felt like I felt like I wasn't fully using myself and like I wasn't fully using myself and like I wasn't fully using myself and like hitting all of my gears because I just hitting all of my gears because I just hitting all of my gears because I just wasn't that motivated about building wasn't that motivated about building wasn't that motivated about building stuff for other people and I changed the stuff for other people and I changed the stuff for other people and I changed the context and everything changed context and everything changed context and everything changed and so sometimes you do need to consider and so sometimes you do need to consider and so sometimes you do need to consider resume and stuff like that depending on resume and stuff like that depending on resume and stuff like that depending on the the the but some I think people consider that but some I think people consider that but some I think people consider that way too much especially in modern times way too much especially in modern times way too much especially in modern times I feel like I feel like I feel like you don't need to go to college just for you don't need to go to college just for you don't need to go to college just for the resume the resume the resume I feel like the biggest benefit of I feel like the biggest benefit of I feel like the biggest benefit of college I mean there's a bunch but one college I mean there's a bunch but one college I mean there's a bunch but one is just do hard things but you could do is just do hard things but you could do is just do hard things but you could do hard things anywhere hard things anywhere hard things anywhere but but but um some people need to be I was probably um some people need to be I was probably um some people need to be I was probably one of those people one of those people one of those people to be forced to do hard things and

to be forced to do hard things and to be forced to do hard things and um the other is to meet fascinating um the other is to meet fascinating um the other is to meet fascinating humans from all walks of life humans from all walks of life humans from all walks of life that are pursuing they have all kinds of that are pursuing they have all kinds of that are pursuing they have all kinds of different Passions different Passions different Passions and allows you to learn and allows you to learn and allows you to learn depending on the major you can be you depending on the major you can be you depending on the major you can be you can learn generally and you can search can learn generally and you can search can learn generally and you can search if you're doing it efficiently about if you're doing it efficiently about if you're doing it efficiently about what actually inspires you and the other what actually inspires you and the other what actually inspires you and the other thing is the the resume thing yeah But thing is the the resume thing yeah But thing is the the resume thing yeah But ultimately you don't need college to ultimately you don't need college to ultimately you don't need college to find your passion to run with it I mean find your passion to run with it I mean find your passion to run with it I mean I mean I have so much College fomo I mean I have so much College fomo I mean I have so much College fomo though like I think it's I chose though like I think it's I chose though like I think it's I chose a different set of experiences and when a different set of experiences and when a different set of experiences and when I applied to MIT I was I think I was 24. I applied to MIT I was I think I was 24. I applied to MIT I was I think I was 24. because I was like oh maybe I should because I was like oh maybe I should because I was like oh maybe I should become an electrical engineer because I become an electrical engineer because I become an electrical engineer because I really liked Electronics but then I really liked Electronics but then I really liked Electronics but then I remember seeing that the average age was remember seeing that the average age was remember seeing that the average age was 18 and I was like fuck no I can't hang 18 and I was like fuck no I can't hang 18 and I was like fuck no I can't hang out or like be in a room filled with 18 out or like be in a room filled with 18 out or like be in a room filled with 18 year olds who are smarter than me yeah year olds who are smarter than me yeah year olds who are smarter than me yeah um so I think I definitely like missed um so I think I definitely like missed um so I think I definitely like missed the Train on having that experience but the Train on having that experience but the Train on having that experience but at the same time I did so many other at the same time I did so many other at the same time I did so many other things and I chose other experiences and things and I chose other experiences and things and I chose other experiences and I wouldn't trade them I wouldn't trade them I wouldn't trade them but I still like I mean I'll go to on a but I still like I mean I'll go to on a but I still like I mean I'll go to on a campus and I'll be like oh yeah but I campus and I'll be like oh yeah but I campus and I'll be like oh yeah but I think it's also because I have a dreamy think it's also because I have a dreamy think it's also because I have a dreamy idea of what it is because I never get idea of what it is because I never get idea of what it is because I never get to do it and practice fully exactly it's to do it and practice fully exactly it's to do it and practice fully exactly it's the fomo yeah the fomo yeah the fomo yeah huh yeah a lot of people really struggle huh yeah a lot of people really struggle huh yeah a lot of people really struggle with that burden they'll they'll go it with that burden they'll they'll go it with that burden they'll they'll go it doesn't matter how long you go through doesn't matter how long you go through doesn't matter how long you go through if you don't go all the way to the PhD

if you don't go all the way to the PhD if you don't go all the way to the PhD you a lot of people have the fomo it you a lot of people have the fomo it you a lot of people have the fomo it doesn't it's a silly silly silly little doesn't it's a silly silly silly little doesn't it's a silly silly silly little notion I think notion I think notion I think because I think you should be doing because I think you should be doing because I think you should be doing college or school until you find college or school until you find college or school until you find something that lights your heart aflame something that lights your heart aflame something that lights your heart aflame where you're like fuck yes I want to do where you're like fuck yes I want to do where you're like fuck yes I want to do this yeah and run with it I mean you can this yeah and run with it I mean you can this yeah and run with it I mean you can you can find that in other contexts as you can find that in other contexts as you can find that in other contexts as well I've well I've well I've found it yeah but yeah but it is a found it yeah but yeah but it is a found it yeah but yeah but it is a buffet of experiences buffet of experiences buffet of experiences that you can have that you can have that you can have what about what was the most fun robot what about what was the most fun robot what about what was the most fun robot to make or um musical to make or um musical to make or um musical artistic creation artistic creation artistic creation where the process was the most fun oh where the process was the most fun oh where the process was the most fun oh they're all painful in different ways so they're all painful in different ways so they're all painful in different ways so pain yeah you find pain fun pain yeah you find pain fun pain yeah you find pain fun no but it's it definitely no but it's it definitely no but it's it definitely the pride of make getting to pull the pride of make getting to pull the pride of make getting to pull something off or like managing to pull something off or like managing to pull something off or like managing to pull something off even when it was really something off even when it was really something off even when it was really difficult is difficult is difficult is is very satisfying what was the is very satisfying what was the is very satisfying what was the difficult thing that you pulled off you difficult thing that you pulled off you difficult thing that you pulled off you were like yeah this is cool I like were like yeah this is cool I like were like yeah this is cool I like working on jigsaw puzzles but I don't working on jigsaw puzzles but I don't working on jigsaw puzzles but I don't like how much table space they take up like how much table space they take up like how much table space they take up because I like just have one big table because I like just have one big table because I like just have one big table where I can do it and that's also my where I can do it and that's also my where I can do it and that's also my dining table dining table dining table so I made this mechanical table where so I made this mechanical table where so I made this mechanical table where you can switch between two table tops you can switch between two table tops you can switch between two table tops and that was an incredibly painful and that was an incredibly painful and that was an incredibly painful project and I'm really happy with the project and I'm really happy with the project and I'm really happy with the outcome and like so proud that I managed outcome and like so proud that I managed outcome and like so proud that I managed to pull it off how does this wish table to pull it off how does this wish table to pull it off how does this wish table tops it's Tambor mechanism so like tops it's Tambor mechanism so like tops it's Tambor mechanism so like Tambor like you'll have on like old Tambor like you'll have on like old Tambor like you'll have on like old record player record player record player um like it's these like thin Slots of

um like it's these like thin Slots of um like it's these like thin Slots of wood with fabric on the back and you can wood with fabric on the back and you can wood with fabric on the back and you can kind of get them to go around curves so kind of get them to go around curves so kind of get them to go around curves so basically one of the table tops or table basically one of the table tops or table basically one of the table tops or table surfaces is Tambor and then there's a surfaces is Tambor and then there's a surfaces is Tambor and then there's a little crank and you can kind of roll it little crank and you can kind of roll it little crank and you can kind of roll it off to the side and it reveals another off to the side and it reveals another off to the side and it reveals another tabletop under it that you can then lift tabletop under it that you can then lift tabletop under it that you can then lift up because it's on cams up because it's on cams up because it's on cams um so you can switch between the two I um so you can switch between the two I um so you can switch between the two I think that one was both really difficult think that one was both really difficult think that one was both really difficult to pull off and it's also one of few to pull off and it's also one of few to pull off and it's also one of few projects that I use in my everyday life projects that I use in my everyday life projects that I use in my everyday life like I use it almost every day you know like I use it almost every day you know like I use it almost every day you know what a really cool one was that uh that what a really cool one was that uh that what a really cool one was that uh that was part of your TED Talk was part of your TED Talk was part of your TED Talk where there's a rotating thing that you where there's a rotating thing that you where there's a rotating thing that you wear on your shoulders was that hard to wear on your shoulders was that hard to wear on your shoulders was that hard to make so for people who haven't seen your make so for people who haven't seen your make so for people who haven't seen your Ted Talk they should of course but it's Ted Talk they should of course but it's Ted Talk they should of course but it's uh the best joke uh the best joke uh the best joke you put how would you call that device you put how would you call that device you put how would you call that device sorry I don't even know I never used it sorry I don't even know I never used it sorry I don't even know I never used it beyond the Ted Talk really shoulder rig and it's this like almost shoulder rig and it's this like almost like saturn ring looking platform that like saturn ring looking platform that like saturn ring looking platform that goes around I can't even remember what goes around I can't even remember what goes around I can't even remember what the problem proposition was that I was the problem proposition was that I was the problem proposition was that I was trying to solve variety probably trying to solve variety probably trying to solve variety probably introduce me to your life yeah maybe in introduce me to your life yeah maybe in introduce me to your life yeah maybe in this in an element of surprise because this in an element of surprise because this in an element of surprise because you can put popcorn as you did on it and you can put popcorn as you did on it and you can put popcorn as you did on it and it goes around as a little hand why is it goes around as a little hand why is it goes around as a little hand why is it like a tiny hand funny I don't know it like a tiny hand funny I don't know it like a tiny hand funny I don't know but it just slams whatever is online but it just slams whatever is online but it just slams whatever is online into your face yeah I don't know was into your face yeah I don't know was into your face yeah I don't know was that easy to make yeah that one's fine that easy to make yeah that one's fine that easy to make yeah that one's fine I can I can I can there was I mean my TED Talk was so

there was I mean my TED Talk was so there was I mean my TED Talk was so yeah for one once again they cut out my yeah for one once again they cut out my yeah for one once again they cut out my best joke what was the best joke my best best joke what was the best joke my best best joke what was the best joke my best joke they didn't even ask me about it it joke they didn't even ask me about it it joke they didn't even ask me about it it was was was um um um so there's this whole lead up where I so there's this whole lead up where I so there's this whole lead up where I built a chopping machine so it's a built a chopping machine so it's a built a chopping machine so it's a machine that chops vegetables and has machine that chops vegetables and has machine that chops vegetables and has two giant knives and it goes it's kind two giant knives and it goes it's kind two giant knives and it goes it's kind of terrifying and I show of terrifying and I show of terrifying and I show a video of it and then it ends on this a video of it and then it ends on this a video of it and then it ends on this GIF of it chopping up a banana and I'm GIF of it chopping up a banana and I'm GIF of it chopping up a banana and I'm kind of scrunching up my face being like kind of scrunching up my face being like kind of scrunching up my face being like and the whole reason I show that project and the whole reason I show that project and the whole reason I show that project is because I'm leading it up to the is because I'm leading it up to the is because I'm leading it up to the punchline of oh and as a bonus this gift punchline of oh and as a bonus this gift punchline of oh and as a bonus this gift right here is the perfect response if right here is the perfect response if right here is the perfect response if anyone ever sends you dick pics you anyone ever sends you dick pics you anyone ever sends you dick pics you don't want don't want don't want which brought down the house it does it which brought down the house it does it which brought down the house it does it every time and they cut it out without every time and they cut it out without every time and they cut it out without asking me because they're like oh but we asking me because they're like oh but we asking me because they're like oh but we wanted people to be able to show it in wanted people to be able to show it in wanted people to be able to show it in classrooms and I was like I have classrooms and I was like I have classrooms and I was like I have abandoned the hope of being shown in abandoned the hope of being shown in abandoned the hope of being shown in classrooms for years ago I think that's classrooms for years ago I think that's classrooms for years ago I think that's a good joke thank you that's a really a good joke thank you that's a really a good joke thank you that's a really that's a really good one you're you're that's a really good one you're you're that's a really good one you're you're okay going sometimes a little bit edgy I say that I'm I'm crude and wholesome I say that I'm I'm crude and wholesome because I can be very crude but I also because I can be very crude but I also because I can be very crude but I also try really really hard to be a good try really really hard to be a good try really really hard to be a good person yeah and to like I'll say shit person yeah and to like I'll say shit person yeah and to like I'll say shit and fucking all that stuff which I don't and fucking all that stuff which I don't and fucking all that stuff which I don't even think is crude even think is crude even think is crude um but um but um but yeah but I really really try to wield yeah but I really really try to wield yeah but I really really try to wield the power that I have in a thoughtful the power that I have in a thoughtful the power that I have in a thoughtful way way way so so so no I I wouldn't call me edgy because I'm

no I I wouldn't call me edgy because I'm no I I wouldn't call me edgy because I'm not I don't think it's edgy it's all not I don't think it's edgy it's all not I don't think it's edgy it's all like shopping a banana one nice and like shopping a banana one nice and like shopping a banana one nice and saying it's a good gift response to saying it's a good gift response to saying it's a good gift response to anyone that sends you dick pics is anyone that sends you dick pics is anyone that sends you dick pics is definitely not edgy you're correct yeah definitely not edgy you're correct yeah definitely not edgy you're correct yeah this is a funny joke oh yeah it's pretty this is a funny joke oh yeah it's pretty this is a funny joke oh yeah it's pretty funny I feel bad that Ted cut that I funny I feel bad that Ted cut that I funny I feel bad that Ted cut that I mean it's fine it's like it's a decision mean it's fine it's like it's a decision mean it's fine it's like it's a decision that I made really early on where I was that I made really early on where I was that I made really early on where I was like what I'm I think often people like what I'm I think often people like what I'm I think often people misinterpret what I'm doing as being for misinterpret what I'm doing as being for misinterpret what I'm doing as being for children which I think is part because children which I think is part because children which I think is part because like my projects were always really like my projects were always really like my projects were always really colorful and fun colorful and fun colorful and fun but I think it also has some but I think it also has some but I think it also has some sprinkles of sexism of being like Oh sprinkles of sexism of being like Oh sprinkles of sexism of being like Oh it's a woman doing something she must be it's a woman doing something she must be it's a woman doing something she must be doing it for the children and I'm like doing it for the children and I'm like doing it for the children and I'm like fuck the children I'm doing it for fuck the children I'm doing it for fuck the children I'm doing it for myself good so I think I I would just myself good so I think I I would just myself good so I think I I would just really early on excited of like oh no I really early on excited of like oh no I really early on excited of like oh no I want to try to cater to that which like want to try to cater to that which like want to try to cater to that which like still I mean I get a lot of messages still I mean I get a lot of messages still I mean I get a lot of messages from parents being like can you please from parents being like can you please from parents being like can you please stop cussing in your videos and I'm also stop cussing in your videos and I'm also stop cussing in your videos and I'm also like like like I get it but also that is not what's I get it but also that is not what's I get it but also that is not what's going to mess up your kids like I really going to mess up your kids like I really going to mess up your kids like I really try to be try to be try to be thoughtful and a decent enough role thoughtful and a decent enough role thoughtful and a decent enough role model but I'll also acknowledge that model but I'll also acknowledge that model but I'll also acknowledge that humans fuck humans fuck humans fuck yeah it's okay somehow that you being yeah it's okay somehow that you being yeah it's okay somehow that you being able to say the fu [Laughter] [Laughter] foreign

have you ever made a robot that dances have you ever made a robot that dances with you no okay you need a dance with you no okay you need a dance with you no okay you need a dance partner partner partner yeah I feel like that's the theme of yeah I feel like that's the theme of yeah I feel like that's the theme of this whole podcast yeah this whole podcast yeah this whole podcast yeah what's the most embarrassed you've ever what's the most embarrassed you've ever what's the most embarrassed you've ever been on your podcast so I don't know if you've experienced so I don't know if you've experienced this but I generally embarrassed by most this but I generally embarrassed by most this but I generally embarrassed by most things I say inside my head yeah things I say inside my head yeah things I say inside my head yeah it's like when I say something it's like when I say something it's like when I say something like no it's just this voice inside my like no it's just this voice inside my like no it's just this voice inside my head that goes head that goes head that goes yeah like what yeah like what yeah like what your disappointment your disappointment your disappointment um like that the parent petting in the um like that the parent petting in the um like that the parent petting in the back the the hand stops working yeah back the the hand stops working yeah back the the hand stops working yeah just slows down just slows down just slows down um yeah yeah and then there's an awkward silence you and then there's an awkward silence you and then there's an awkward silence you don't know what to say next that's don't know what to say next that's don't know what to say next that's really embarrassing usually really embarrassing usually really embarrassing usually um Mr work as a journalist so I know how um Mr work as a journalist so I know how um Mr work as a journalist so I know how to sit with the silence and try to drag to sit with the silence and try to drag to sit with the silence and try to drag it out of you foreign foreign see what I did there see what I did there see what I did there you gave up you gave up you gave up I quit you're like sweating literally I quit you're like sweating literally I quit you're like sweating literally sweating okay also because you're in a sweating okay also because you're in a sweating okay also because you're in a full fucking suit what is that like how full fucking suit what is that like how full fucking suit what is that like how did that come about did that come about did that come about actually it was probably on my tea is actually it was probably on my tea is actually it was probably on my tea is because everybody because everybody because everybody was dressing in like sweatpants very

was dressing in like sweatpants very was dressing in like sweatpants very chill wear and I was like chill wear and I was like chill wear and I was like I like taking everything seriously I like taking everything seriously I like taking everything seriously it just felt like a as it was my way of it just felt like a as it was my way of it just felt like a as it was my way of saying Fu to the way things are because saying Fu to the way things are because saying Fu to the way things are because I like I always admire Richard Feynman I I like I always admire Richard Feynman I I like I always admire Richard Feynman I like it how there's like a classiness to like it how there's like a classiness to like it how there's like a classiness to it it it so I don't know if it's for visual so I don't know if it's for visual so I don't know if it's for visual purposes but it's just how I feel when I purposes but it's just how I feel when I purposes but it's just how I feel when I put on a suit it makes it makes me feel put on a suit it makes it makes me feel put on a suit it makes it makes me feel like I'm going to take this really like I'm going to take this really like I'm going to take this really really seriously yeah and if I embarrass really seriously yeah and if I embarrass really seriously yeah and if I embarrass myself myself myself it's all my fault because I tried it's all my fault because I tried it's all my fault because I tried there's no excuse I tried 100 there's no excuse I tried 100 there's no excuse I tried 100 the interesting thing about your Ted the interesting thing about your Ted the interesting thing about your Ted talk to go to a dark topic talk to go to a dark topic talk to go to a dark topic um this is what happened when I walked off this is what happened when I walked off stage now what happened when you walked stage now what happened when you walked stage now what happened when you walked off station found out that I had a brain off station found out that I had a brain off station found out that I had a brain tumor tumor tumor was that not where you're going there's was that not where you're going there's was that not where you're going there's nothing else dark about my yeah well yes nothing else dark about my yeah well yes nothing else dark about my yeah well yes um um um I thought you knew through the Ted Talk I thought you knew through the Ted Talk I thought you knew through the Ted Talk you found out right after I mean the you found out right after I mean the you found out right after I mean the reason that I found out was partly reason that I found out was partly reason that I found out was partly because of the Ted talk because my mom because of the Ted talk because my mom because of the Ted talk because my mom came into town to be there for it came into town to be there for it came into town to be there for it and my right eyelid was swollen and it and my right eyelid was swollen and it and my right eyelid was swollen and it kind of been swelling over a while kind of been swelling over a while kind of been swelling over a while and I even gotten comments about it on and I even gotten comments about it on and I even gotten comments about it on my YouTube channel and I thought it was my YouTube channel and I thought it was my YouTube channel and I thought it was allergies because I was like oh it's allergies because I was like oh it's allergies because I was like oh it's just pollen allergies it's just just pollen allergies it's just just pollen allergies it's just affecting my one eye because maybe I affecting my one eye because maybe I affecting my one eye because maybe I sleep mostly on that side I don't know sleep mostly on that side I don't know sleep mostly on that side I don't know and my mom came into and my mom came into and my mom came into um um um the stage in the Vancouver for my TED the stage in the Vancouver for my TED the stage in the Vancouver for my TED talk and she's like Simone you have to

talk and she's like Simone you have to talk and she's like Simone you have to like have a scan or see what's up like like have a scan or see what's up like like have a scan or see what's up like we have to go to the doctor and she we have to go to the doctor and she we have to go to the doctor and she really pushed me to do it because I was really pushed me to do it because I was really pushed me to do it because I was like playing fine like playing fine like playing fine um um um and I had an MRI scan and I had an MRI scan and I had an MRI scan on like 5 p.m on a Friday night my on like 5 p.m on a Friday night my on like 5 p.m on a Friday night my boyfriend at the time was there and boyfriend at the time was there and boyfriend at the time was there and I remember like halfway through an MRI I remember like halfway through an MRI I remember like halfway through an MRI scan they kind of pull you out and they scan they kind of pull you out and they scan they kind of pull you out and they put inject contrast fluid put inject contrast fluid put inject contrast fluid or this like thing that yeah just gives or this like thing that yeah just gives or this like thing that yeah just gives them another type of scan and the nurse them another type of scan and the nurse them another type of scan and the nurse looked at me in this way and was like looked at me in this way and was like looked at me in this way and was like how long have you had symptoms for and how long have you had symptoms for and how long have you had symptoms for and that's what I knew that they'd found that's what I knew that they'd found that's what I knew that they'd found something and then they like shove you something and then they like shove you something and then they like shove you back into the machine for another 20 back into the machine for another 20 back into the machine for another 20 minutes and my ex was just seeing like minutes and my ex was just seeing like minutes and my ex was just seeing like them like zooming in and out of my scans them like zooming in and out of my scans them like zooming in and out of my scans and there was like this obviously and there was like this obviously and there was like this obviously something that just looked wrong in something that just looked wrong in something that just looked wrong in there and they sent me to the ER and I there and they sent me to the ER and I there and they sent me to the ER and I found out that I had found out that I had found out that I had a brain tumor the size of a golf ball a brain tumor the size of a golf ball a brain tumor the size of a golf ball they've probably been grown since I was they've probably been grown since I was they've probably been grown since I was a teenager so I'd been growing over like a teenager so I'd been growing over like a teenager so I'd been growing over like 10 15 years 10 15 years 10 15 years and yeah I had surgery to remove it and and yeah I had surgery to remove it and and yeah I had surgery to remove it and then it kept on growing the parts that then it kept on growing the parts that then it kept on growing the parts that they couldn't remove and I went through they couldn't remove and I went through they couldn't remove and I went through radiation treatments so that was like radiation treatments so that was like radiation treatments so that was like two years that just two years that just two years that just was kind of dedicated to just getting was kind of dedicated to just getting was kind of dedicated to just getting better and getting back to where I am better and getting back to where I am better and getting back to where I am now and I remember like I was so stoked now and I remember like I was so stoked now and I remember like I was so stoked about 2020 because I was like this is about 2020 because I was like this is about 2020 because I was like this is the first year that I'm not held back by the first year that I'm not held back by the first year that I'm not held back by my health and I'm like finally going to my health and I'm like finally going to my health and I'm like finally going to be able to do everything on feathered

be able to do everything on feathered be able to do everything on feathered and then the pandemic happens and you're and then the pandemic happens and you're and then the pandemic happens and you're kind of it's like okay just in the back kind of it's like okay just in the back kind of it's like okay just in the back seat of what's happening and things that seat of what's happening and things that seat of what's happening and things that are out of my control again are out of my control again are out of my control again in your public you made a couple of in your public you made a couple of in your public you made a couple of videos about yeah about it I have a videos about yeah about it I have a videos about yeah about it I have a brain tumor my brain tumors back brain tumor my brain tumors back brain tumor my brain tumors back you kind of you know you name your tumor you kind of you know you name your tumor you kind of you know you name your tumor Brian you kind of make it a Brian you kind of make it a Brian you kind of make it a light-hearted thing light-hearted thing light-hearted thing but so you don't reveal much of the but so you don't reveal much of the but so you don't reveal much of the darkness darkness darkness but were you scared or some low plants but were you scared or some low plants but were you scared or some low plants of of course I was of course I was of of course I was of course I was of of course I was of course I was scared scared scared I mean it's terrifying it's like I mean it's terrifying it's like I mean it's terrifying it's like and also when it's in your brain like you know I was like take any other part you know I was like take any other part of me but don't take my brain um no it's this unfathomable thing that um no it's this unfathomable thing that happens and you're like I'm healthy I've happens and you're like I'm healthy I've happens and you're like I'm healthy I've had how could this possibly be a brain had how could this possibly be a brain had how could this possibly be a brain tumor like my eye is swollen like tumor like my eye is swollen like tumor like my eye is swollen like there's nothing there I haven't had any there's nothing there I haven't had any there's nothing there I haven't had any seizures I haven't had any cognitive seizures I haven't had any cognitive seizures I haven't had any cognitive issues I haven't had any headaches even issues I haven't had any headaches even issues I haven't had any headaches even like how is that even possible like how is that even possible like how is that even possible um so you go through a lot of different um so you go through a lot of different um so you go through a lot of different stages of just trying to understand what stages of just trying to understand what stages of just trying to understand what it is and I think I remember it is and I think I remember it is and I think I remember being hit like right as I found out when being hit like right as I found out when being hit like right as I found out when we're in like an Uber poor Uber driver we're in like an Uber poor Uber driver we're in like an Uber poor Uber driver from where I had my MRI scanned to the from where I had my MRI scanned to the from where I had my MRI scanned to the ER where they sent me ER where they sent me ER where they sent me and I was really both really grateful and I was really both really grateful and I was really both really grateful that I've gotten so much more out of that I've gotten so much more out of that I've gotten so much more out of life than I ever thought I would like life than I ever thought I would like life than I ever thought I would like I've had I've had I've had a hell of a life and even if we would

a hell of a life and even if we would a hell of a life and even if we would have ended really early I would have have ended really early I would have have ended really early I would have done so much more than I ever thought done so much more than I ever thought done so much more than I ever thought but I was also really really sad that I but I was also really really sad that I but I was also really really sad that I hadn't had kids yet like that was my big hadn't had kids yet like that was my big hadn't had kids yet like that was my big grief of like fuck I haven't had had grief of like fuck I haven't had had grief of like fuck I haven't had had time to have kids yet time to have kids yet time to have kids yet um but no it's terrifying I mean the um but no it's terrifying I mean the um but no it's terrifying I mean the prospect of somebody cutting up your prospect of somebody cutting up your prospect of somebody cutting up your head head head like that's like that's like that's terrifying but it honestly terrifying but it honestly terrifying but it honestly wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be what about the radiation treatment be what about the radiation treatment be what about the radiation treatment what are some things that what are some things that what are some things that you know people should you learned about you know people should you learned about you know people should you learned about it about the process and about yourself it about the process and about yourself it about the process and about yourself or that the the people might be or that the the people might be or that the the people might be interested about I think interested about I think interested about I think surgery was both harder and easier than surgery was both harder and easier than surgery was both harder and easier than radiation treatment because it was it radiation treatment because it was it radiation treatment because it was it was harder because it was was harder because it was was harder because it was so much more intense and it's such a so much more intense and it's such a so much more intense and it's such a dramatic thing like going to the dramatic thing like going to the dramatic thing like going to the hospital that morning and being like hospital that morning and being like hospital that morning and being like I don't know and you feel so awful when I don't know and you feel so awful when I don't know and you feel so awful when you wake up and but then the recovery you wake up and but then the recovery you wake up and but then the recovery from it was pretty linear like almost from it was pretty linear like almost from it was pretty linear like almost every week I would get a little bit every week I would get a little bit every week I would get a little bit better the thing about radiation is that better the thing about radiation is that better the thing about radiation is that it was not linear at all and it kind of it was not linear at all and it kind of it was not linear at all and it kind of drained me in this weird like it was so drained me in this weird like it was so drained me in this weird like it was so hard to predict and also they put me on hard to predict and also they put me on hard to predict and also they put me on these um these um these um I spent months feeling like I was high I spent months feeling like I was high I spent months feeling like I was high out of my mind out of my mind out of my mind and I couldn't process reality in a way and I couldn't process reality in a way and I couldn't process reality in a way that I normally would like everything that I normally would like everything that I normally would like everything just felt off like I felt yeah I felt just felt off like I felt yeah I felt just felt off like I felt yeah I felt like I was high on drugs and I kept on

like I was high on drugs and I kept on like I was high on drugs and I kept on asking my doctors what was going on and asking my doctors what was going on and asking my doctors what was going on and they're like no I don't know don't think they're like no I don't know don't think they're like no I don't know don't think it's anything related it's anything related it's anything related and and and I was on this Alzheimer's medicine that I was on this Alzheimer's medicine that I was on this Alzheimer's medicine that they put you on to prevent dementia from they put you on to prevent dementia from they put you on to prevent dementia from radiation treatment like kind of as a radiation treatment like kind of as a radiation treatment like kind of as a preventative and I found all these preventative and I found all these preventative and I found all these subreddits of people using that subreddits of people using that subreddits of people using that Alzheimer's medicine to get high and Alzheimer's medicine to get high and Alzheimer's medicine to get high and people be like oh my God bro like 20 people be like oh my God bro like 20 people be like oh my God bro like 20 milligrams yesterday and I was high out milligrams yesterday and I was high out milligrams yesterday and I was high out of my mind and I'm like I'm on 30 of my mind and I'm like I'm on 30 of my mind and I'm like I'm on 30 milligrams a day like of course it feels milligrams a day like of course it feels milligrams a day like of course it feels weird and that was honestly one of the weird and that was honestly one of the weird and that was honestly one of the scariest parts of it because that was scariest parts of it because that was scariest parts of it because that was the first time where I felt like it the first time where I felt like it the first time where I felt like it genuinely affected my way of processing genuinely affected my way of processing genuinely affected my way of processing reality and yeah I was so relieved when reality and yeah I was so relieved when reality and yeah I was so relieved when I found out that that was what was I found out that that was what was I found out that that was what was causing it because I felt like I was causing it because I felt like I was causing it because I felt like I was going crazy but even after surgery like going crazy but even after surgery like going crazy but even after surgery like I woke up and I felt like myself like I woke up and I felt like myself like I woke up and I felt like myself like everything was I got no brain injury so everything was I got no brain injury so everything was I got no brain injury so obviously this is like my experience obviously this is like my experience obviously this is like my experience from somebody who came out of it pretty from somebody who came out of it pretty from somebody who came out of it pretty unscathed who didn't get any brain unscathed who didn't get any brain unscathed who didn't get any brain injuries and didn't have to do any of injuries and didn't have to do any of injuries and didn't have to do any of that recovery it's more just the that recovery it's more just the that recovery it's more just the recovery from like the physical act of recovery from like the physical act of recovery from like the physical act of somebody cutting your skull open and somebody cutting your skull open and somebody cutting your skull open and taking a large chunk out did you taking a large chunk out did you taking a large chunk out did you research all the things that can go research all the things that can go research all the things that can go wrong no brain surgery no I honestly am wrong no brain surgery no I honestly am wrong no brain surgery no I honestly am I'm a bit surprised by how I acted actually a commercial

actually a commercial this is like work injury from being a this is like work injury from being a this is like work injury from being a YouTuber it's not like freeze if there's YouTuber it's not like freeze if there's YouTuber it's not like freeze if there's audio that comes in audio that comes in audio that comes in ah yeah yeah sponsored by tap water ah yeah yeah sponsored by tap water ah yeah yeah sponsored by tap water um I was surprised by um I was surprised by um I was surprised by how little I was willing to how little I was willing to how little I was willing to think critically about what my doctors think critically about what my doctors think critically about what my doctors told me to do told me to do told me to do like I very early on I I the neurologist like I very early on I I the neurologist like I very early on I I the neurologist that I worked with that I worked with that I worked with he was the one who was on call at the ER he was the one who was on call at the ER he was the one who was on call at the ER the day where I came in and he was the the day where I came in and he was the the day where I came in and he was the one who ended up doing my surgery and he one who ended up doing my surgery and he one who ended up doing my surgery and he kind of became like by Rock in this and kind of became like by Rock in this and kind of became like by Rock in this and I just 100 trusted him and he turned out I just 100 trusted him and he turned out I just 100 trusted him and he turned out to be an amazing doctor and like did a to be an amazing doctor and like did a to be an amazing doctor and like did a great job and was just like a great job and was just like a great job and was just like a so I got so so lucky but I remember my so I got so so lucky but I remember my so I got so so lucky but I remember my mom being like Oh but we should like mom being like Oh but we should like mom being like Oh but we should like talk about second opinions and like we talk about second opinions and like we talk about second opinions and like we should try to do more research and I was should try to do more research and I was should try to do more research and I was like so unwilling to do that because like so unwilling to do that because like so unwilling to do that because opening up to the idea that opening up to the idea that opening up to the idea that there are multiple ways or multiple things that multiple ways or multiple things that might be right or wrong was so might be right or wrong was so might be right or wrong was so terrifying like I wanted there to just terrifying like I wanted there to just terrifying like I wanted there to just be like no this is the only option this be like no this is the only option this be like no this is the only option this is what we need to do is what we need to do is what we need to do and if I started questioning that then I and if I started questioning that then I and if I started questioning that then I don't know if I would have been able to don't know if I would have been able to don't know if I would have been able to go through with it so yeah it was go through with it so yeah it was go through with it so yeah it was estranged I just really wanted to trust estranged I just really wanted to trust estranged I just really wanted to trust the doctors that I worked with and I was the doctors that I worked with and I was the doctors that I worked with and I was very scared to question them in any way

very scared to question them in any way very scared to question them in any way how did that process change your how did that process change your how did that process change your relationship with death relationship with death relationship with death are you afraid of death are you afraid of death are you afraid of death you Ponder your mortality yeah I think you Ponder your mortality yeah I think you Ponder your mortality yeah I think it took away a part of Youth it took away a part of Youth it took away a part of Youth for me like the Innocence yeah I mean for me like the Innocence yeah I mean for me like the Innocence yeah I mean you kind of think of terrible things as you kind of think of terrible things as you kind of think of terrible things as something that happens to other people something that happens to other people something that happens to other people and death and illness and death and illness and death and illness um um um so I think it kind of fast tracked that so I think it kind of fast tracked that so I think it kind of fast tracked that for me for me for me but it mostly changed my relationship to but it mostly changed my relationship to but it mostly changed my relationship to life life life it changed it's made me so much more it changed it's made me so much more it changed it's made me so much more gentle with myself like going through gentle with myself like going through gentle with myself like going through illness illness illness it forces you to redefine what it means it forces you to redefine what it means it forces you to redefine what it means to be good and before being good had to be good and before being good had to be good and before being good had been pushing myself really hard it had been pushing myself really hard it had been pushing myself really hard it had been working and been working and been working and I don't know just just being really hard I don't know just just being really hard I don't know just just being really hard with myself and disciplined and when with myself and disciplined and when with myself and disciplined and when you're healing from something being good you're healing from something being good you're healing from something being good is listening to your body it's resting is listening to your body it's resting is listening to your body it's resting it's like really being in tuned with it's like really being in tuned with it's like really being in tuned with what your health where your health is at what your health where your health is at what your health where your health is at and I think that is something that's and I think that is something that's and I think that is something that's kind of stuck with me since then I'm kind of stuck with me since then I'm kind of stuck with me since then I'm like so much more gentle and delicate like so much more gentle and delicate like so much more gentle and delicate with myself with myself with myself and with others oh yeah and with others oh yeah and with others oh yeah I think it definitely it's like when I think it definitely it's like when I think it definitely it's like when you're young and healthy it's really you're young and healthy it's really you're young and healthy it's really hard to yeah hard to yeah hard to yeah um um um know what it feels like to be ill and I

know what it feels like to be ill and I know what it feels like to be ill and I remember remember remember you know you like go to yoga class and you know you like go to yoga class and you know you like go to yoga class and you'd be like oh my God this is too slow you'd be like oh my God this is too slow you'd be like oh my God this is too slow like I wanted to be I have so much more like I wanted to be I have so much more like I wanted to be I have so much more energy like I need to and when I was energy like I need to and when I was energy like I need to and when I was recovering from my brain surgery there recovering from my brain surgery there recovering from my brain surgery there was this yoga studio nearby my house and was this yoga studio nearby my house and was this yoga studio nearby my house and they had uh yoga for seniors and I was they had uh yoga for seniors and I was they had uh yoga for seniors and I was so stoked because I was like oh this is so stoked because I was like oh this is so stoked because I was like oh this is the yoga class I'll be able to take yeah the yoga class I'll be able to take yeah the yoga class I'll be able to take yeah and I think that was really eye-opening and I think that was really eye-opening and I think that was really eye-opening of just like there's no you kind of of just like there's no you kind of of just like there's no you kind of imagine that it's just like oh just push imagine that it's just like oh just push imagine that it's just like oh just push yourself harder but no that's not it yourself harder but no that's not it yourself harder but no that's not it with age or sickness or it's just you've with age or sickness or it's just you've with age or sickness or it's just you've got to be so gentle with yourself and got to be so gentle with yourself and got to be so gentle with yourself and you have to you have to you have to cater to people where they're at cater to people where they're at cater to people where they're at yeah just uh appreciation of this like yeah just uh appreciation of this like yeah just uh appreciation of this like biological vehicle you get and you biological vehicle you get and you biological vehicle you get and you should take care of it being sick should take care of it being sick should take care of it being sick it's awful and I really I'm really it's awful and I really I'm really it's awful and I really I'm really motivated to motivated to motivated to postpone that for as much as I can and postpone that for as much as I can and postpone that for as much as I can and also I was so tremendously grateful when also I was so tremendously grateful when also I was so tremendously grateful when I got ill that I felt like I had so much I got ill that I felt like I had so much I got ill that I felt like I had so much to take from like I had so many energy to take from like I had so many energy to take from like I had so many energy arrested Wars I'd spent my life taking arrested Wars I'd spent my life taking arrested Wars I'd spent my life taking pretty decent care of my body and like pretty decent care of my body and like pretty decent care of my body and like exercising and eating well and like not exercising and eating well and like not exercising and eating well and like not wrecking my body in any way and I felt wrecking my body in any way and I felt wrecking my body in any way and I felt like like like this was the first time where that was this was the first time where that was this was the first time where that was so critical and I felt like my body was so critical and I felt like my body was so critical and I felt like my body was ready for it you know I thought you're gonna go the other way I thought you're gonna go the other way like um you can you can take care of

like um you can you can take care of like um you can you can take care of your body all you want and it's your body all you want and it's your body all you want and it's um bad stuff happened so you should you um bad stuff happened so you should you um bad stuff happened so you should you should go on drug binges and go wild and should go on drug binges and go wild and should go on drug binges and go wild and do crazy things and I mean I also had do crazy things and I mean I also had do crazy things and I mean I also had that good that good that good I fucking floss every day how do I have I fucking floss every day how do I have I fucking floss every day how do I have a brain tumor I've been good like why a brain tumor I've been good like why a brain tumor I've been good like why does this happen to me but more so it does this happen to me but more so it does this happen to me but more so it was like my body was so resilient and was like my body was so resilient and was like my body was so resilient and ready for it and ready for it and ready for it and um I was I was really really proud of it um I was I was really really proud of it um I was I was really really proud of it it's amazing that the human body is able it's amazing that the human body is able it's amazing that the human body is able to recover from even the harshest things to recover from even the harshest things to recover from even the harshest things yeah it's it's wild and my brain so yeah it's it's wild and my brain so yeah it's it's wild and my brain so after after after after surgery because yeah I had to after surgery because yeah I had to after surgery because yeah I had to brain tumor the size of a golf ball kind brain tumor the size of a golf ball kind brain tumor the size of a golf ball kind of behind my right eye and after brain of behind my right eye and after brain of behind my right eye and after brain surgery you kind of just have this big surgery you kind of just have this big surgery you kind of just have this big hole in your head like this void and hole in your head like this void and hole in your head like this void and usually your brain stays that way like usually your brain stays that way like usually your brain stays that way like it retains the shape even after the it retains the shape even after the it retains the shape even after the brain tumor is gone but for some reason brain tumor is gone but for some reason brain tumor is gone but for some reason my brain was feeling really ambitious my brain was feeling really ambitious my brain was feeling really ambitious and it has completely flopped back and I and it has completely flopped back and I and it has completely flopped back and I have almost like a normal looking brain have almost like a normal looking brain have almost like a normal looking brain now where doctors are like oh we would now where doctors are like oh we would now where doctors are like oh we would almost not be able to tell that you had almost not be able to tell that you had almost not be able to tell that you had one one one um so yeah that just blew my mind I feel um so yeah that just blew my mind I feel um so yeah that just blew my mind I feel like when did it was that why I had all like when did it was that why I had all like when did it was that why I had all those headaches yeah for surgery it's those headaches yeah for surgery it's those headaches yeah for surgery it's just my brain being like just my brain being like just my brain being like trying yeah trying yeah trying yeah oh pretty cool thing I want to ask you oh pretty cool thing I want to ask you oh pretty cool thing I want to ask you about is the everyday calendar that you about is the everyday calendar that you about is the everyday calendar that you worked on worked on worked on that was a long time that took a long

that was a long time that took a long that was a long time that took a long time yeah so basically I I designed this time yeah so basically I I designed this time yeah so basically I I designed this calendar like I wanted to start calendar like I wanted to start calendar like I wanted to start meditating every day meditating every day meditating every day but it's really hard to meditate every but it's really hard to meditate every but it's really hard to meditate every day and to like kind of build that habit day and to like kind of build that habit day and to like kind of build that habit and what I would do is I would make and what I would do is I would make and what I would do is I would make these grids in my notebooks where I these grids in my notebooks where I these grids in my notebooks where I could like check a box for every day could like check a box for every day could like check a box for every day like I just wanted like a little ding I like I just wanted like a little ding I like I just wanted like a little ding I did it and like this thing of did it and like this thing of did it and like this thing of accountability accountability accountability but then I was like this is I don't want but then I was like this is I don't want but then I was like this is I don't want to have a notebook that I do this in to have a notebook that I do this in to have a notebook that I do this in like I want an art piece that I can hang like I want an art piece that I can hang like I want an art piece that I can hang on my wall like accountability art and I on my wall like accountability art and I on my wall like accountability art and I made uh this thing called the everyday made uh this thing called the everyday made uh this thing called the everyday calendar which has an entire year on it calendar which has an entire year on it calendar which has an entire year on it so it's 365 days and if you tap any of so it's 365 days and if you tap any of so it's 365 days and if you tap any of the days you light it up and we turn it the days you light it up and we turn it the days you light it up and we turn it into a Kickstarter campaign and it's not into a Kickstarter campaign and it's not into a Kickstarter campaign and it's not a product that I'm selling my through my a product that I'm selling my through my a product that I'm selling my through my product business the extra door what's product business the extra door what's product business the extra door what's it called the yacht store yeah and uh it called the yacht store yeah and uh it called the yacht store yeah and uh that for people who are confused is the that for people who are confused is the that for people who are confused is the right way to pronounce your last name right way to pronounce your last name right way to pronounce your last name which does it it's right but it's so which does it it's right but it's so which does it it's right but it's so wrong wrong wrong it makes my last name is spelled it makes my last name is spelled it makes my last name is spelled g-i-e-r-t-z who does that song uh If g-i-e-r-t-z who does that song uh If g-i-e-r-t-z who does that song uh If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right yeah Right yeah Right yeah there's nothing in my last name yeah there's nothing in my last name yeah there's nothing in my last name yeah that's what that's all means because uh that's what that's all means because uh that's what that's all means because uh what's his name uh uh the the from the what's his name uh uh the the from the what's his name uh uh the the from the office he covers it office he covers it office he covers it um from the British office which is the um from the British office which is the um from the British office which is the better office better office better office okay uh tangent upon a tangent upon okay uh tangent upon a tangent upon okay uh tangent upon a tangent upon tangent so you said you created the tangent so you said you created the tangent so you said you created the everyday calendar to make a more everyday calendar to make a more everyday calendar to make a more beautiful in quotes and more sacred gold beautiful in quotes and more sacred gold beautiful in quotes and more sacred gold star system on a wall not a notebook

star system on a wall not a notebook star system on a wall not a notebook that gets thrown into a drawer yeah well that gets thrown into a drawer yeah well that gets thrown into a drawer yeah well well said passed me well said passed me well said passed me you uh you said that making this you uh you said that making this you uh you said that making this calendar taught you a lot in quotes I calendar taught you a lot in quotes I calendar taught you a lot in quotes I feel like a like a real investigative feel like a like a real investigative feel like a like a real investigative journalist uh journalist uh journalist uh you've said in 2018 yeah I'm waiting for you've said in 2018 yeah I'm waiting for you've said in 2018 yeah I'm waiting for the gotcha can you share some of the the gotcha can you share some of the the gotcha can you share some of the lessons you've learned like what do you lessons you've learned like what do you lessons you've learned like what do you mean you've you've learned a lot from mean you've you've learned a lot from mean you've you've learned a lot from making this calendar what are we talking making this calendar what are we talking making this calendar what are we talking about as somebody who builds things about as somebody who builds things about as somebody who builds things manufacturing something is such an manufacturing something is such an manufacturing something is such an unrelated process like making one of unrelated process like making one of unrelated process like making one of something and making ten thousands of something and making ten thousands of something and making ten thousands of something like they're not even distant something like they're not even distant something like they're not even distant cousins like it's completely different cousins like it's completely different cousins like it's completely different beasts to tackle and beasts to tackle and beasts to tackle and um yeah so that was one of it everything um yeah so that was one of it everything um yeah so that was one of it everything takes so much longer than you think it's takes so much longer than you think it's takes so much longer than you think it's going to I did a Kickstarter campaign going to I did a Kickstarter campaign going to I did a Kickstarter campaign that we launched in 2018 that we launched in 2018 that we launched in 2018 after my surgery and after my surgery and after my surgery and yeah it's just you know you think you're yeah it's just you know you think you're yeah it's just you know you think you're so generous with the timelines we still so generous with the timelines we still so generous with the timelines we still ended up being a year late but we ended up being a year late but we ended up being a year late but we shipped shipped shipped we're good we're good we're good um but yeah I mean I'm trying to get my um but yeah I mean I'm trying to get my um but yeah I mean I'm trying to get my product business off the ground we product business off the ground we product business off the ground we launched in May launched in May launched in May and it's just yeah it's just the pain as and it's just yeah it's just the pain as and it's just yeah it's just the pain as somebody who's terrified of somebody who's terrified of somebody who's terrified of disappointing people I'm like why have I disappointing people I'm like why have I disappointing people I'm like why have I chosen some of the jobs where it's the chosen some of the jobs where it's the chosen some of the jobs where it's the easiest to disappoint people you can easiest to disappoint people you can easiest to disappoint people you can disappoint people at scale no yeah I can disappoint people at scale no yeah I can disappoint people at scale no yeah I can disappoint people at scale and also them disappoint people at scale and also them disappoint people at scale and also them actually haven't paid me money to actually haven't paid me money to actually haven't paid me money to deliver on something which is a terrible deliver on something which is a terrible deliver on something which is a terrible transaction but it's I'm just stoked to

transaction but it's I'm just stoked to transaction but it's I'm just stoked to realize that I love the job still like I realize that I love the job still like I realize that I love the job still like I love the product development aspect of love the product development aspect of love the product development aspect of it I love trying to design stuff for it I love trying to design stuff for it I love trying to design stuff for manufacturing and figure it out and like manufacturing and figure it out and like manufacturing and figure it out and like anticipate how people are gonna use your anticipate how people are gonna use your anticipate how people are gonna use your products and like the everyday calendar products and like the everyday calendar products and like the everyday calendar I mean we've sold thousands of them now I mean we've sold thousands of them now I mean we've sold thousands of them now they're all over the world and it's like they're all over the world and it's like they're all over the world and it's like people actually finding something useful people actually finding something useful people actually finding something useful that I made and implementing them into that I made and implementing them into that I made and implementing them into their lives it's just their lives it's just their lives it's just mind-boggling especially because this is mind-boggling especially because this is mind-boggling especially because this is tracking habits good habits so they're tracking habits good habits so they're tracking habits good habits so they're bad ones you can do it forever bad ones you can do it forever bad ones you can do it forever you can use it however you want I went you can use it however you want I went you can use it however you want I went in a drinking binge again today yes in a drinking binge again today yes in a drinking binge again today yes kicked another kid what does it take to a mass manufacture what does it take to a mass manufacture something what did you learn about that something what did you learn about that something what did you learn about that like what what are can you like like what what are can you like like what what are can you like elucidate the gap between the one the elucidate the gap between the one the elucidate the gap between the one the Prototype versus the the product Prototype versus the the product Prototype versus the the product development for Mass manufacture I mean development for Mass manufacture I mean development for Mass manufacture I mean for one of it is like yeah the for one of it is like yeah the for one of it is like yeah the manufacturing the tooling that they use manufacturing the tooling that they use manufacturing the tooling that they use in manufacturing and to do things in a in manufacturing and to do things in a in manufacturing and to do things in a cost-effective way is really different cost-effective way is really different cost-effective way is really different like I can make a one-off then it's like I can make a one-off then it's like I can make a one-off then it's going to take me 17 hours but obviously going to take me 17 hours but obviously going to take me 17 hours but obviously you can't spend 17 hours per calendar you can't spend 17 hours per calendar you can't spend 17 hours per calendar when you're doing something in Factory when you're doing something in Factory when you're doing something in Factory um um um I think it's that like quality control I think it's that like quality control I think it's that like quality control is such a beast you cannot trust anybody is such a beast you cannot trust anybody is such a beast you cannot trust anybody telling you that things are going to be telling you that things are going to be telling you that things are going to be okay like you're you have to have such

okay like you're you have to have such okay like you're you have to have such trust issues and it's also terrifying I trust issues and it's also terrifying I trust issues and it's also terrifying I mean as somebody who's doing everything mean as somebody who's doing everything mean as somebody who's doing everything independently I haven't raced any independently I haven't raced any independently I haven't raced any capital for it like it's all capital for it like it's all capital for it like it's all self-invested and we're doing it all self-invested and we're doing it all self-invested and we're doing it all in-house in-house in-house it's just you know yeah I could buy it's just you know yeah I could buy it's just you know yeah I could buy 10 000 calendars but then what if all of 10 000 calendars but then what if all of 10 000 calendars but then what if all of them are have a manufacturing issue or them are have a manufacturing issue or them are have a manufacturing issue or you know it's just you know it's just you know it's just it's just terrifying because the risks it's just terrifying because the risks it's just terrifying because the risks are so high but also I got to this point are so high but also I got to this point are so high but also I got to this point where for when this is something that I where for when this is something that I where for when this is something that I wanted to do for a long time but wanted to do for a long time but wanted to do for a long time but something that going through health something that going through health something that going through health problems taught me problems taught me problems taught me is how fragile my business model is is how fragile my business model is is how fragile my business model is because I mean I'm basically running an because I mean I'm basically running an because I mean I'm basically running an influencer business where influencer business where influencer business where I make videos on YouTube and then I have I make videos on YouTube and then I have I make videos on YouTube and then I have an ad spot and I talk about a brand so an ad spot and I talk about a brand so an ad spot and I talk about a brand so like I'm a human billboard which is fine like I'm a human billboard which is fine like I'm a human billboard which is fine it grants me a lot of freedom to play it grants me a lot of freedom to play it grants me a lot of freedom to play around around around um but if I am not well enough to be on um but if I am not well enough to be on um but if I am not well enough to be on a stage giving talks or be in front of a a stage giving talks or be in front of a a stage giving talks or be in front of a camera everything stops like it's such a camera everything stops like it's such a camera everything stops like it's such a pillar of a business and it can topple pillar of a business and it can topple pillar of a business and it can topple over at any given moment or like over at any given moment or like over at any given moment or like YouTube could change the algorithm like YouTube could change the algorithm like YouTube could change the algorithm like legislation could catch up and change legislation could catch up and change legislation could catch up and change how you're able to advertise on the how you're able to advertise on the how you're able to advertise on the internet like it's so frail and I really internet like it's so frail and I really internet like it's so frail and I really felt like I need to diversify what I'm felt like I need to diversify what I'm felt like I need to diversify what I'm doing and also just to keep it doing and also just to keep it doing and also just to keep it interesting for myself interesting for myself interesting for myself so what I decided was to start a product so what I decided was to start a product so what I decided was to start a product business because also it's kind of this

business because also it's kind of this business because also it's kind of this perfect combination of businesses where perfect combination of businesses where perfect combination of businesses where I can turn my YouTube channel into an r I can turn my YouTube channel into an r I can turn my YouTube channel into an r d Department because I have a reason to d Department because I have a reason to d Department because I have a reason to constantly be exploring things and constantly be exploring things and constantly be exploring things and churning out new products churning out new products churning out new products I can also do that as early audience I can also do that as early audience I can also do that as early audience testing and see what people are actually testing and see what people are actually testing and see what people are actually excited about and if there's something excited about and if there's something excited about and if there's something that I think would make an interesting that I think would make an interesting that I think would make an interesting product I can pass that over to the product I can pass that over to the product I can pass that over to the product business and then once I'm ready product business and then once I'm ready product business and then once I'm ready to Market that and sell it I can pass it to Market that and sell it I can pass it to Market that and sell it I can pass it over to the YouTube channel so it's like over to the YouTube channel so it's like over to the YouTube channel so it's like I can kind of I can kind of I can kind of once I realized that YouTube didn't feel once I realized that YouTube didn't feel once I realized that YouTube didn't feel like an end goal for me like an end goal for me like an end goal for me I was like okay then I can use it as a I was like okay then I can use it as a I was like okay then I can use it as a tool to accomplish these other things tool to accomplish these other things tool to accomplish these other things that I want to do and this was one of that I want to do and this was one of that I want to do and this was one of them so yeah it's a lot that went into them so yeah it's a lot that went into them so yeah it's a lot that went into it and one of the tools like it says r d it and one of the tools like it says r d it and one of the tools like it says r d but it's also kind of advertisement for but it's also kind of advertisement for but it's also kind of advertisement for the cool stuff that you're doing I think the cool stuff that you're doing I think the cool stuff that you're doing I think I think Mr Beast is one of the creators I think Mr Beast is one of the creators I think Mr Beast is one of the creators that's also starting to understand this that's also starting to understand this that's also starting to understand this power of this uh reputation that you've power of this uh reputation that you've power of this uh reputation that you've built built built of like people trust you like they love of like people trust you like they love of like people trust you like they love you you you to do cool stuff they trust that you put to do cool stuff they trust that you put to do cool stuff they trust that you put your heart and soul into a thing yeah so your heart and soul into a thing yeah so your heart and soul into a thing yeah so like and they feel your pain and the like and they feel your pain and the like and they feel your pain and the struggle too you know like if a product struggle too you know like if a product struggle too you know like if a product like for example say the everyday like for example say the everyday like for example say the everyday calendar like there was issues in calendar like there was issues in calendar like there was issues in manufacturing something like this but it manufacturing something like this but it manufacturing something like this but it was hot yeah it would feel the pain of was hot yeah it would feel the pain of was hot yeah it would feel the pain of that and there was still support I mean that and there was still support I mean that and there was still support I mean that that's the beauty of it when you that that's the beauty of it when you that that's the beauty of it when you have the actual person right there have the actual person right there have the actual person right there struggling with their with their lows struggling with their with their lows struggling with their with their lows and highs that's a decision that I made and highs that's a decision that I made and highs that's a decision that I made really early on where I was like the yet really early on where I was like the yet really early on where I was like the yet store is supported by me but it's store is supported by me but it's store is supported by me but it's separate from me it's not merchandise

separate from me it's not merchandise separate from me it's not merchandise you don't have to know who I am or care you don't have to know who I am or care you don't have to know who I am or care about who I am to be interested in this about who I am to be interested in this about who I am to be interested in this product and if you go on the website uh like you have to go to the about page uh like you have to go to the about page to find anything about me like it's to find anything about me like it's to find anything about me like it's definitely not like this is the most definitely not like this is the most definitely not like this is the most brand and I think anybody who's followed brand and I think anybody who's followed brand and I think anybody who's followed me for a long time will see that like my me for a long time will see that like my me for a long time will see that like my personality is sprinkled into it but personality is sprinkled into it but personality is sprinkled into it but it's still like clean off of me and I it's still like clean off of me and I it's still like clean off of me and I think that's also because I wanted think that's also because I wanted think that's also because I wanted something that was separate from me something that was separate from me something that was separate from me because I because I because I I'm also running out of narcissism I'm also running out of narcissism I'm also running out of narcissism believe it or not like I don't feel like believe it or not like I don't feel like believe it or not like I don't feel like I wanna I don't want it to be about me I wanna I don't want it to be about me I wanna I don't want it to be about me and I want it to be something that can and I want it to be something that can and I want it to be something that can also run independently of me and doesn't also run independently of me and doesn't also run independently of me and doesn't like I want to be able to retire my face like I want to be able to retire my face like I want to be able to retire my face and still do like the other stuff and still do like the other stuff and still do like the other stuff because I think it's fun but I don't because I think it's fun but I don't because I think it's fun but I don't want that to be the core of it what want that to be the core of it what want that to be the core of it what other kind of stuff uh have you worked other kind of stuff uh have you worked other kind of stuff uh have you worked on for the product design on for the product design on for the product design uh yeah for for you so I mean a lot of uh yeah for for you so I mean a lot of uh yeah for for you so I mean a lot of the products I decided to launch the the products I decided to launch the the products I decided to launch the store with a really small roster of store with a really small roster of store with a really small roster of products because developing products is products because developing products is products because developing products is such a it's it's such upfront heavy like such a it's it's such upfront heavy like such a it's it's such upfront heavy like cost wise and just investment such a cost wise and just investment such a cost wise and just investment such a very big a friend investment so and I very big a friend investment so and I very big a friend investment so and I know that it would take a while or I know that it would take a while or I know that it would take a while or I knew it would take a while for me to knew it would take a while for me to knew it would take a while for me to kind of find the right tonality and kind of find the right tonality and kind of find the right tonality and visual language for the brand so I just

visual language for the brand so I just visual language for the brand so I just wanted to launch it have it be out there wanted to launch it have it be out there wanted to launch it have it be out there start working on it start like learning start working on it start like learning start working on it start like learning more about what it entails uh even if we more about what it entails uh even if we more about what it entails uh even if we just had a small roster product so we've just had a small roster product so we've just had a small roster product so we've released it with we have a puzzle released it with we have a puzzle released it with we have a puzzle yes this is the web uh but I wanted to yes this is the web uh but I wanted to yes this is the web uh but I wanted to release the puzzle that has one piece release the puzzle that has one piece release the puzzle that has one piece missing so it's actually as far as I can missing so it's actually as far as I can missing so it's actually as far as I can tell it's the world's first officially tell it's the world's first officially tell it's the world's first officially incomplete puzzle you get 499 out of 500 incomplete puzzle you get 499 out of 500 incomplete puzzle you get 499 out of 500 pieces I keep the 500th piece so I have pieces I keep the 500th piece so I have pieces I keep the 500th piece so I have a box a box a box in my workshop with everybody's missing in my workshop with everybody's missing in my workshop with everybody's missing pieces yeah and I don't know what to do pieces yeah and I don't know what to do pieces yeah and I don't know what to do with it yet but someday it will come to with it yet but someday it will come to with it yet but someday it will come to me profound artistic statement it is me profound artistic statement it is me profound artistic statement it is something uh it's definitely something something uh it's definitely something something uh it's definitely something and I I'm surprised by how many of them and I I'm surprised by how many of them and I I'm surprised by how many of them we've sold which I'm also like I kind of we've sold which I'm also like I kind of we've sold which I'm also like I kind of wanted to have that product product out wanted to have that product product out wanted to have that product product out there because I was like can you imagine there because I was like can you imagine there because I was like can you imagine having a pitch deck if I do ever raise having a pitch deck if I do ever raise having a pitch deck if I do ever raise money of being like money of being like money of being like you know how good I am at selling things you know how good I am at selling things you know how good I am at selling things I sold people 5 000 incomplete pencils also have also have no it's like a lot of the products I no it's like a lot of the products I no it's like a lot of the products I call them basket fillers like they're call them basket fillers like they're call them basket fillers like they're kind of just like stuff where I'm like kind of just like stuff where I'm like kind of just like stuff where I'm like yeah this is like easy to throw into yeah this is like easy to throw into yeah this is like easy to throw into your basket I mean we have these rings your basket I mean we have these rings your basket I mean we have these rings I'm wearing them so there's a I'm wearing them so there's a I'm wearing them so there's a screwdriver ring which is a Phillips screwdriver ring which is a Phillips screwdriver ring which is a Phillips head screwdriver and then a screw ring head screwdriver and then a screw ring head screwdriver and then a screw ring that kind of has a recess like a that kind of has a recess like a that kind of has a recess like a Phillips head screw I have these sawdust Phillips head screw I have these sawdust Phillips head screw I have these sawdust socks that make you look like your feet socks that make you look like your feet socks that make you look like your feet are covered in sawdust like you spent are covered in sawdust like you spent are covered in sawdust like you spent all time in the all day in the shop all time in the all day in the shop all time in the all day in the shop without having to put any of the actual without having to put any of the actual without having to put any of the actual effort in but then effort in but then effort in but then we have four more products on the

we have four more products on the we have four more products on the pipeline that we're working on and that pipeline that we're working on and that pipeline that we're working on and that are kind of the more the the big are kind of the more the the big are kind of the more the the big ambitious ambitious ambitious products that are more in line with what products that are more in line with what products that are more in line with what I want the brand to be like the tagline I want the brand to be like the tagline I want the brand to be like the tagline is unique solutions to Everyday problems is unique solutions to Everyday problems is unique solutions to Everyday problems and it's just a lot of like trying to and it's just a lot of like trying to and it's just a lot of like trying to develop novel takes on existing products develop novel takes on existing products develop novel takes on existing products this is something where the function this is something where the function this is something where the function becomes a bigger bigger part of the becomes a bigger bigger part of the becomes a bigger bigger part of the design yeah so what's the process of design yeah so what's the process of design yeah so what's the process of creating something like that like the creating something like that like the creating something like that like the even the everyday calendar so like what even the everyday calendar so like what even the everyday calendar so like what what are some challenges that are what are some challenges that are what are some challenges that are interesting along the way so you have to interesting along the way so you have to interesting along the way so you have to sketch it out you have to like sketch it out you have to like sketch it out you have to like brainstorm draw things out and then brainstorm draw things out and then brainstorm draw things out and then create a schematic and see like how how create a schematic and see like how how create a schematic and see like how how do you know what it's going to look like do you know what it's going to look like do you know what it's going to look like visually don't yeah and it's I mean I so visually don't yeah and it's I mean I so visually don't yeah and it's I mean I so the everyday calendar the first so I the everyday calendar the first so I the everyday calendar the first so I just built it for myself first like that just built it for myself first like that just built it for myself first like that did not come as a as a product idea did not come as a as a product idea did not come as a as a product idea first and that's kind of been the first and that's kind of been the first and that's kind of been the process that I've had for a lot of process that I've had for a lot of process that I've had for a lot of things like I make it for myself and things like I make it for myself and things like I make it for myself and then I'm like oh maybe other people then I'm like oh maybe other people then I'm like oh maybe other people would find this useful too so the would find this useful too so the would find this useful too so the everyday calendar the first prototype I everyday calendar the first prototype I everyday calendar the first prototype I made made made it had actually physical mechanical it had actually physical mechanical it had actually physical mechanical toggle switches so 365 toggle switches toggle switches so 365 toggle switches toggle switches so 365 toggle switches that you could flip so if you worked out that you could flip so if you worked out that you could flip so if you worked out that day or meditated for me was that day or meditated for me was that day or meditated for me was meditating meditating meditating um you can just flip that switch and um you can just flip that switch and um you can just flip that switch and that was great but when I started that was great but when I started that was great but when I started evaluating it as a product it's evaluating it as a product it's evaluating it as a product it's if you have 365 of something in a if you have 365 of something in a if you have 365 of something in a product like The Runaway cost is crazy product like The Runaway cost is crazy product like The Runaway cost is crazy so the cheapest option most reliable so the cheapest option most reliable so the cheapest option most reliable option we could find was capacitive

option we could find was capacitive option we could find was capacitive touch so basically it's a touch touch so basically it's a touch touch so basically it's a touch interface and the front plate is the interface and the front plate is the interface and the front plate is the circuit board itself so it's this like circuit board itself so it's this like circuit board itself so it's this like this darkest word this darkest word this darkest word um that's designed in this really um that's designed in this really um that's designed in this really fancy way so it looks like a fancy way so it looks like a fancy way so it looks like a a beautiful piece of art not to do my a beautiful piece of art not to do my a beautiful piece of art not to do my own horn too much uh but it's actually a own horn too much uh but it's actually a own horn too much uh but it's actually a circuit board circuit board circuit board um which I also thought was really um which I also thought was really um which I also thought was really interesting of like using this that interesting of like using this that interesting of like using this that people usually hide away in in products people usually hide away in in products people usually hide away in in products and it felt like a nod to my career in and it felt like a nod to my career in and it felt like a nod to my career in electronics as well being like no let's electronics as well being like no let's electronics as well being like no let's make it pretty let's make it put it make it pretty let's make it put it make it pretty let's make it put it front and forward front and forward front and forward um um um but yeah I mean what I'm realizing now but yeah I mean what I'm realizing now but yeah I mean what I'm realizing now more and more is like there's so many of more and more is like there's so many of more and more is like there's so many of like I would love to turn the puzzle like I would love to turn the puzzle like I would love to turn the puzzle table into a product table into a product table into a product but then it's like that would be a seven but then it's like that would be a seven but then it's like that would be a seven thousand dollar table and I don't want thousand dollar table and I don't want thousand dollar table and I don't want to sell a table for seven thousand to sell a table for seven thousand to sell a table for seven thousand dollars so you're kind of limited to the dollars so you're kind of limited to the dollars so you're kind of limited to the price bracket you're in and it's like price bracket you're in and it's like price bracket you're in and it's like your margins are tough like maintaining your margins are tough like maintaining your margins are tough like maintaining your margins are really really tough and your margins are really really tough and your margins are really really tough and as somebody who's like I would love to as somebody who's like I would love to as somebody who's like I would love to sell the stuff that we're doing cheaper sell the stuff that we're doing cheaper sell the stuff that we're doing cheaper but you just it's just not feasible like but you just it's just not feasible like but you just it's just not feasible like you need those marches to survive and you need those marches to survive and you need those marches to survive and well one of the the genius things in the well one of the the genius things in the well one of the the genius things in the conversations I've had with Elon is the conversations I've had with Elon is the conversations I've had with Elon is the ability through sort of systematic ability through sort of systematic ability through sort of systematic questioning of how things have been done questioning of how things have been done questioning of how things have been done in the past to discuss what is the in the past to discuss what is the in the past to discuss what is the lowest cost way to solve a problem lowest cost way to solve a problem lowest cost way to solve a problem and so he's very good at getting to like and so he's very good at getting to like and so he's very good at getting to like with Optimus robot for example the with Optimus robot for example the with Optimus robot for example the humanoid robot how do you get the cost humanoid robot how do you get the cost humanoid robot how do you get the cost down yeah and that seems to be like one down yeah and that seems to be like one down yeah and that seems to be like one of the essential things to do

of the essential things to do of the essential things to do in um in any product that you have to in um in any product that you have to in um in any product that you have to mask manufacture is constantly discussed mask manufacture is constantly discussed mask manufacture is constantly discussed like how do we simplify simplify it's like how do we simplify simplify it's like how do we simplify simplify it's definitely a design limitation that's definitely a design limitation that's definitely a design limitation that's interesting it's both hard and interesting it's both hard and interesting it's both hard and interesting to work within and that's interesting to work within and that's interesting to work within and that's such a different thing as well it's like such a different thing as well it's like such a different thing as well it's like as I talked about before like what is as I talked about before like what is as I talked about before like what is the context and what you're creating the context and what you're creating the context and what you're creating things like I'm still building things things like I'm still building things things like I'm still building things I'm still inventing things but I changed I'm still inventing things but I changed I'm still inventing things but I changed the contacts and has a very different the contacts and has a very different the contacts and has a very different set of limitations and constantly trying set of limitations and constantly trying set of limitations and constantly trying to simplify your product to make it to simplify your product to make it to simplify your product to make it cheaper and yeah it's a really cheaper and yeah it's a really cheaper and yeah it's a really interesting and different type of design interesting and different type of design interesting and different type of design process you can lose some of the magic process you can lose some of the magic process you can lose some of the magic though right like though right like though right like people can do that a little bit too much people can do that a little bit too much people can do that a little bit too much I think apple is famous like Johnny Ive I think apple is famous like Johnny Ive I think apple is famous like Johnny Ive is famous for sort of focusing on design is famous for sort of focusing on design is famous for sort of focusing on design first and not worrying about the cost first and not worrying about the cost first and not worrying about the cost later because you don't want to later because you don't want to later because you don't want to sacrifice there's some stuff that's sacrifice there's some stuff that's sacrifice there's some stuff that's gonna cost more but it keeps yeah some gonna cost more but it keeps yeah some gonna cost more but it keeps yeah some of the magic of the magic of the magic I think is for some of the products that I think is for some of the products that I think is for some of the products that we're working on it's like I'm like we're working on it's like I'm like we're working on it's like I'm like let's just make it the best we think it let's just make it the best we think it let's just make it the best we think it can be and then we can scale back from can be and then we can scale back from can be and then we can scale back from there like just like let's not impose there like just like let's not impose there like just like let's not impose these limitations on ourselves up front these limitations on ourselves up front these limitations on ourselves up front like let's just make it the most like let's just make it the most like let's just make it the most beautiful version of itself and then we beautiful version of itself and then we beautiful version of itself and then we can decide what we want to compromise can decide what we want to compromise can decide what we want to compromise with or compromise on yeah that's what I with or compromise on yeah that's what I with or compromise on yeah that's what I say every day when I look in the mirror say every day when I look in the mirror say every day when I look in the mirror it's beautiful and then we can it's beautiful and then we can it's beautiful and then we can compromise yeah yeah and see how shit goes wrong later yeah and see how shit goes wrong later all right all right uh back a little bit

all right all right uh back a little bit all right all right uh back a little bit to the robots just um or actually to one to the robots just um or actually to one to the robots just um or actually to one of your more epic projects I mean of your more epic projects I mean of your more epic projects I mean they're all Epic but chocolate yeah they're all Epic but chocolate yeah they're all Epic but chocolate yeah you cutting into a Tesla and turning you cutting into a Tesla and turning you cutting into a Tesla and turning into an epic truck what was that like into an epic truck what was that like into an epic truck what was that like where did the idea come from where did the idea come from where did the idea come from the idea came from that I really wanted the idea came from that I really wanted the idea came from that I really wanted an electric pickup truck like I'm only an electric pickup truck like I'm only an electric pickup truck like I'm only really driven electric because I got my really driven electric because I got my really driven electric because I got my driver's license pretty late and I'm driver's license pretty late and I'm driver's license pretty late and I'm like one of the first generation drivers like one of the first generation drivers like one of the first generation drivers it's like probably never gonna have a it's like probably never gonna have a it's like probably never gonna have a gas vehicle gas vehicle gas vehicle um but yeah this was in 2018 as well um but yeah this was in 2018 as well um but yeah this was in 2018 as well 2018 was a big year yeah yeah uh or 2018 was a big year yeah yeah uh or 2018 was a big year yeah yeah uh or 2019. I can't remember and I figured that we could just make our own figured that we could just make our own so you took a Tesla Tesla Model three so you took a Tesla Tesla Model three so you took a Tesla Tesla Model three model three um model three um model three um and you cut off a piece of it and you cut off a piece of it and you cut off a piece of it and you turn it into a pickup truck and you turn it into a pickup truck and you turn it into a pickup truck what's the um uh it looks pretty badass so like what uh it looks pretty badass so like what what are some of the challenges of doing what are some of the challenges of doing what are some of the challenges of doing that it's unlike other projects you've that it's unlike other projects you've that it's unlike other projects you've done yeah it's very much outside of my done yeah it's very much outside of my done yeah it's very much outside of my realm like I'm not a car person I realm like I'm not a car person I realm like I'm not a car person I haven't worked on cars before so we haven't worked on cars before so we haven't worked on cars before so we brought in a big team brought in a big team brought in a big team um and had another project manager for um and had another project manager for um and had another project manager for it and stuff because also like cars you it and stuff because also like cars you it and stuff because also like cars you definitely don't want things to go wrong definitely don't want things to go wrong definitely don't want things to go wrong like there's no part of me that wants to like there's no part of me that wants to like there's no part of me that wants to fuck around and make something that's fuck around and make something that's fuck around and make something that's going to be really unsafe for me or for going to be really unsafe for me or for going to be really unsafe for me or for other people who are driving with me other people who are driving with me other people who are driving with me um um um so yeah I mean it was about a year of

so yeah I mean it was about a year of so yeah I mean it was about a year of planning planning planning and then we got the car and then we and then we got the car and then we and then we got the car and then we spent a month just tearing it apart and spent a month just tearing it apart and spent a month just tearing it apart and trying to make it I was so set like I trying to make it I was so set like I trying to make it I was so set like I really wanted the car just for its really wanted the car just for its really wanted the car just for its function and function and function and I was like I'm so fine with if it's I was like I'm so fine with if it's I was like I'm so fine with if it's really ugly but then we managed to make really ugly but then we managed to make really ugly but then we managed to make it actually look really good so that it actually look really good so that it actually look really good so that wasn't part of the discussion like how wasn't part of the discussion like how wasn't part of the discussion like how the final thing looks I was I wasn't so the final thing looks I was I wasn't so the final thing looks I was I wasn't so I wasn't that fussed about it I was like I wasn't that fussed about it I was like I wasn't that fussed about it I was like I just wanted to I just want it for its I just wanted to I just want it for its I just wanted to I just want it for its function like I really want this car I function like I really want this car I function like I really want this car I don't want it because it looks cool but don't want it because it looks cool but don't want it because it looks cool but then it ended up looking pretty cool as then it ended up looking pretty cool as then it ended up looking pretty cool as well and I'm really I mean even now a well and I'm really I mean even now a well and I'm really I mean even now a couple of years later when there are couple of years later when there are couple of years later when there are some more options of electric pickup some more options of electric pickup some more options of electric pickup trucks I still stand truck law trucks I still stand truck law trucks I still stand truck law like she's like rivian Ford F-150 like like she's like rivian Ford F-150 like like she's like rivian Ford F-150 like they're all great but they're giant they're all great but they're giant they're all great but they're giant you're sitting there on the porch in you're sitting there on the porch in you're sitting there on the porch in your in your your in your your in your cowboy hat yeah drinking whiskey and cowboy hat yeah drinking whiskey and cowboy hat yeah drinking whiskey and saying with my Cattle Dog yeah yeah saying with my Cattle Dog yeah yeah saying with my Cattle Dog yeah yeah shotguns I wanted like a small 90s shotguns I wanted like a small 90s shotguns I wanted like a small 90s pickup truck pickup truck pickup truck back to shitty robots you reused parts back to shitty robots you reused parts back to shitty robots you reused parts of previous robots a lot what's like a of previous robots a lot what's like a of previous robots a lot what's like a memorable example of that it's just a memorable example of that it's just a memorable example of that it's just a graveyard of parts I mean it works out graveyard of parts I mean it works out graveyard of parts I mean it works out I've gotten better at keeping projects I've gotten better at keeping projects I've gotten better at keeping projects intact in the beginning I used to intact in the beginning I used to intact in the beginning I used to disassemble every project because I was disassemble every project because I was disassemble every project because I was also much a much more stringent budget also much a much more stringent budget also much a much more stringent budget so if I needed a motor then I would like

so if I needed a motor then I would like so if I needed a motor then I would like steal it off of an existing robot or steal it off of an existing robot or steal it off of an existing robot or previous robot but I've got a really previous robot but I've got a really previous robot but I've got a really good at not doing that now good at not doing that now good at not doing that now because I'm like maybe one day I want to because I'm like maybe one day I want to because I'm like maybe one day I want to have a museum exhibit and then it would have a museum exhibit and then it would have a museum exhibit and then it would be nice to have all of those machines be nice to have all of those machines be nice to have all of those machines intact and not having to rebuild them intact and not having to rebuild them intact and not having to rebuild them centuries from now they'll you know you centuries from now they'll you know you centuries from now they'll you know you can look at Benjamin Franklin's house can look at Benjamin Franklin's house can look at Benjamin Franklin's house oh yeah nobody's gonna look at my house oh yeah nobody's gonna look at my house oh yeah nobody's gonna look at my house yeah there's some weird shit uh yeah that there's some weird shit uh yeah that goes great with my idea of myself goes great with my idea of myself goes great with my idea of myself with the autobiography yeah you said with the autobiography yeah you said with the autobiography yeah you said that people keep requesting in the that people keep requesting in the that people keep requesting in the comments they did I put a dildo on it comments they did I put a dildo on it comments they did I put a dildo on it yeah they have I have I mean was that yeah they have I have I mean was that yeah they have I have I mean was that actually where you were gonna ask yeah I actually where you were gonna ask yeah I actually where you were gonna ask yeah I have dildo written in my notes have dildo written in my notes have dildo written in my notes I thought I just made it into a raunchy I thought I just made it into a raunchy I thought I just made it into a raunchy punchline we're actually gonna get there punchline we're actually gonna get there punchline we're actually gonna get there yeah that was in the early days in the yeah that was in the early days in the yeah that was in the early days in the studio robot days but now I have a studio robot days but now I have a studio robot days but now I have a filter on my YouTube channel for every filter on my YouTube channel for every filter on my YouTube channel for every possible spelling of dildo so I mean possible spelling of dildo so I mean possible spelling of dildo so I mean people want to probably sexualize robots people want to probably sexualize robots people want to probably sexualize robots right and then or or they put they want right and then or or they put they want right and then or or they put they want to sexualize my relationship with them to sexualize my relationship with them to sexualize my relationship with them yeah oh you know because I have majority yeah oh you know because I have majority yeah oh you know because I have majority male followers and they're so sweet and male followers and they're so sweet and male followers and they're so sweet and so receptive like respectful 99 so receptive like respectful 99 so receptive like respectful 99 but I realized like if there is a lot of I've realized that Society hasn't taught I've realized that Society hasn't taught men how to have female role models and

men how to have female role models and men how to have female role models and the way that people Channel it is the way that people Channel it is the way that people Channel it is through being like Oh it's because I through being like Oh it's because I through being like Oh it's because I want to fuck her or I want to date her I want to fuck her or I want to date her I want to fuck her or I want to date her I want to marry her want to marry her want to marry her and I'm like I don't think you want any and I'm like I don't think you want any and I'm like I don't think you want any of those things I think you actually of those things I think you actually of those things I think you actually just admire my work but you don't know just admire my work but you don't know just admire my work but you don't know how to look up to a woman yeah how to look up to a woman yeah how to look up to a woman yeah that's beautifully put that's beautifully put that's beautifully put uh what about weapons do you give uh what about weapons do you give uh what about weapons do you give requests to put weapons on a thing yeah requests to put weapons on a thing yeah requests to put weapons on a thing yeah it's interesting I kind of started in it's interesting I kind of started in it's interesting I kind of started in robotics that's just like a happy camper robotics that's just like a happy camper robotics that's just like a happy camper who is really into like tinkering and who is really into like tinkering and who is really into like tinkering and now I'm kind of seeing some of the now I'm kind of seeing some of the now I'm kind of seeing some of the darker parts of it darker parts of it darker parts of it and I remember first time I went to a and I remember first time I went to a and I remember first time I went to a proper Factory and I saw like big proper Factory and I saw like big proper Factory and I saw like big industrial robot arms at work and I was industrial robot arms at work and I was industrial robot arms at work and I was like oh well this is what it is about like oh well this is what it is about like oh well this is what it is about you know and it was almost scary where I you know and it was almost scary where I you know and it was almost scary where I was like oh I've just been like playing was like oh I've just been like playing was like oh I've just been like playing around with these tiny versions of this around with these tiny versions of this around with these tiny versions of this and I'm like oh my God everybody and I'm like oh my God everybody and I'm like oh my God everybody robotics is cool and fun and then you robotics is cool and fun and then you robotics is cool and fun and then you get in there and you're like this is get in there and you're like this is get in there and you're like this is kind of terrifying you were platforming kind of terrifying you were platforming kind of terrifying you were platforming the very things that will destroy no the very things that will destroy no the very things that will destroy no you're making it fun and entertaining you're making it fun and entertaining you're making it fun and entertaining I'm the mouthpiece and I'm like getting I'm the mouthpiece and I'm like getting I'm the mouthpiece and I'm like getting people into Robotics and engineering and people into Robotics and engineering and people into Robotics and engineering and we're all just building our demise yeah we're all just building our demise yeah we're all just building our demise yeah accelerating speed no but I mean I had accelerating speed no but I mean I had accelerating speed no but I mean I had that in like the same with also with that in like the same with also with that in like the same with also with like like like companies who are companies who are companies who are saying that they're never going to put saying that they're never going to put saying that they're never going to put weapons on their robots and then have weapons on their robots and then have weapons on their robots and then have military contracts and stuff like that military contracts and stuff like that military contracts and stuff like that you're like this is dark and scary you're like this is dark and scary you're like this is dark and scary fortunately I haven't gotten a lot of

fortunately I haven't gotten a lot of fortunately I haven't gotten a lot of requests for it yeah drones are requests for it yeah drones are requests for it yeah drones are terrifying especially they're fucking terrifying especially they're fucking terrifying especially they're fucking terrifying and it's really terrifying and it's really terrifying and it's really everything I mean we're humans are so everything I mean we're humans are so everything I mean we're humans are so good at creative ways of killing and good at creative ways of killing and good at creative ways of killing and fucking each other it's like almost how fucking each other it's like almost how fucking each other it's like almost how everything goes like and it's yeah I I'm everything goes like and it's yeah I I'm everything goes like and it's yeah I I'm terrified of the future where we are terrified of the future where we are terrified of the future where we are going to use more robust to kill each going to use more robust to kill each going to use more robust to kill each other other other and come up with new new creative ways and come up with new new creative ways and come up with new new creative ways to kill and hurt each other yeah to kill and hurt each other yeah to kill and hurt each other yeah emotionally psychologically physically emotionally psychologically physically emotionally psychologically physically yeah yeah yeah speaking of which what are your thoughts speaking of which what are your thoughts speaking of which what are your thoughts about I don't know if you've been paying about I don't know if you've been paying about I don't know if you've been paying attention but Chad GPT the investment in attention but Chad GPT the investment in attention but Chad GPT the investment in our in language models and artificial our in language models and artificial our in language models and artificial intelligence have you added speaking intelligence have you added speaking intelligence have you added speaking capabilities to any of your devices capabilities to any of your devices capabilities to any of your devices yeah I used to have an Amazon Echo in my yeah I used to have an Amazon Echo in my yeah I used to have an Amazon Echo in my house but then I removed it uh it just house but then I removed it uh it just house but then I removed it uh it just freaked me out that I could whisper from freaked me out that I could whisper from freaked me out that I could whisper from my bed and heard me yeah I'd be like my bed and heard me yeah I'd be like my bed and heard me yeah I'd be like Alexa Alexa Alexa play Spotify I feel like playing Spotify play Spotify I feel like playing Spotify play Spotify I feel like playing Spotify uh uh uh uh I uh I uh I I think it is a powerful tool that we I think it is a powerful tool that we I think it is a powerful tool that we are not fully ready for yeah yeah and I are not fully ready for yeah yeah and I are not fully ready for yeah yeah and I don't know I I think um the internet is don't know I I think um the internet is don't know I I think um the internet is kind of a parade of us using kind of a parade of us using kind of a parade of us using powerful things and harmful ways and I powerful things and harmful ways and I powerful things and harmful ways and I think think think chat Bots are really really exciting I'm chat Bots are really really exciting I'm chat Bots are really really exciting I'm stoked to have a personal assistant

stoked to have a personal assistant stoked to have a personal assistant that's like a virtual assistant that that's like a virtual assistant that that's like a virtual assistant that actually does a good job and can solve actually does a good job and can solve actually does a good job and can solve problems for me problems for me problems for me but but but yeah it also feels like it can get dark yeah it also feels like it can get dark yeah it also feels like it can get dark really really quickly yeah because uh really really quickly yeah because uh really really quickly yeah because uh you can form close connections like you can form close connections like you can form close connections like we're talking about with it and then it we're talking about with it and then it we're talking about with it and then it can be used to manipulate you can be used to manipulate you can be used to manipulate you manipulate you in terms of what is true manipulate you in terms of what is true manipulate you in terms of what is true and manipulating in terms of getting you and manipulating in terms of getting you and manipulating in terms of getting you to buy stuff yeah or um maybe because at to buy stuff yeah or um maybe because at to buy stuff yeah or um maybe because at least for now it's centralized getting least for now it's centralized getting least for now it's centralized getting everybody to think the same way I mean everybody to think the same way I mean everybody to think the same way I mean for I mean it's the same in like for I mean it's the same in like for I mean it's the same in like algorithms being used to radicalize algorithms being used to radicalize algorithms being used to radicalize people or kind of having that as a people or kind of having that as a people or kind of having that as a consequence of the way that they work consequence of the way that they work consequence of the way that they work and combine that with a really Advanced and combine that with a really Advanced and combine that with a really Advanced language model and like you can language model and like you can language model and like you can control people's world view in a way control people's world view in a way control people's world view in a way that you could I mean it's just that you could I mean it's just that you could I mean it's just it's it's wild and I think we're not it's it's wild and I think we're not it's it's wild and I think we're not ready for it and I don't know if we ever ready for it and I don't know if we ever ready for it and I don't know if we ever would be because we're would be because we're would be because we're very impressionable a little squishy very impressionable a little squishy very impressionable a little squishy flashbacks which takes us back to the flashbacks which takes us back to the flashbacks which takes us back to the one the squishy flash flashbags interact one the squishy flash flashbags interact one the squishy flash flashbags interact which one pops first still um Bubble new people paper coming out like Bubble new people paper coming out like three minutes talking about oh three minutes talking about oh three minutes talking about oh um what about consciousness um what about consciousness um what about consciousness so you never anthropomorphize the robots so you never anthropomorphize the robots so you never anthropomorphize the robots did they ever come to life for you did they ever come to life for you did they ever come to life for you where you kind of thought no because where you kind of thought no because where you kind of thought no because they built them and I know how they work they built them and I know how they work they built them and I know how they work so that prevents you from being able to so that prevents you from being able to so that prevents you from being able to see the magic I don't know yeah but I

see the magic I don't know yeah but I see the magic I don't know yeah but I think it's like think it's like think it's like I definitely when I did a lot of the I definitely when I did a lot of the I definitely when I did a lot of the shitty robot stuff like I wanted them to shitty robot stuff like I wanted them to shitty robot stuff like I wanted them to move like a human or like in a more move like a human or like in a more move like a human or like in a more organic way and not just like point A to organic way and not just like point A to organic way and not just like point A to point B which is the easiest way to point B which is the easiest way to point B which is the easiest way to program stuff program stuff program stuff um so I wanted other people to um so I wanted other people to um so I wanted other people to anthropomorphize them but I don't think anthropomorphize them but I don't think anthropomorphize them but I don't think I I did necessarily I I did necessarily I I did necessarily I am trying to think of a piece of I am trying to think of a piece of I am trying to think of a piece of technology that I've technology that I've technology that I've kind of projected feelings upon but no I kind of projected feelings upon but no I kind of projected feelings upon but no I can't so sometimes what makes me can't so sometimes what makes me can't so sometimes what makes me anthropomorphize something even though I anthropomorphize something even though I anthropomorphize something even though I built it is uh built it is uh built it is uh there's a element surprise so especially there's a element surprise so especially there's a element surprise so especially with machine learning you're surprised with machine learning you're surprised with machine learning you're surprised by the kind of things it does have you by the kind of things it does have you by the kind of things it does have you ever been surprised by a robot ever been surprised by a robot ever been surprised by a robot no because they're all pretty dumb like no because they're all pretty dumb like no because they're all pretty dumb like also the robots I built it's like also the robots I built it's like also the robots I built it's like they're all just servos moving from I they're all just servos moving from I they're all just servos moving from I mean they're mean they're mean they're I don't think I've built anything with a I don't think I've built anything with a I don't think I've built anything with a huge amount of sensors or like they're huge amount of sensors or like they're huge amount of sensors or like they're just moving in a pattern that I program just moving in a pattern that I program just moving in a pattern that I program them to move what's the most complex them to move what's the most complex them to move what's the most complex thing you've built thing you've built thing you've built I mean probably truckload yeah was I mean probably truckload yeah was I mean probably truckload yeah was complex just for the sheer scale of it complex just for the sheer scale of it complex just for the sheer scale of it and like the and like the and like the I mean but I think that was my biggest I mean but I think that was my biggest I mean but I think that was my biggest project both in terms of build scope but project both in terms of build scope but project both in terms of build scope but also in terms of impact that it had like also in terms of impact that it had like also in terms of impact that it had like that project just went wild but then that project just went wild but then that project just went wild but then yeah then I don't know the bubble wrap yeah then I don't know the bubble wrap yeah then I don't know the bubble wrap music box I know they're all called in

music box I know they're all called in music box I know they're all called in different ways that that one is epic how different ways that that one is epic how different ways that that one is epic how does the bubble wrap connect to the does the bubble wrap connect to the does the bubble wrap connect to the flute by the way what's how does that flute by the way what's how does that flute by the way what's how does that work work work and the flute is just right where like and the flute is just right where like and the flute is just right where like mounted right where it pops it okay yeah mounted right where it pops it okay yeah mounted right where it pops it okay yeah so fascinating yeah I'm fun funny enough so fascinating yeah I'm fun funny enough so fascinating yeah I'm fun funny enough uh in my in uh in my in uh in my in deep investigative journalistic research deep investigative journalistic research deep investigative journalistic research of you yeah says you're you used to be of you yeah says you're you used to be of you yeah says you're you used to be an MMA reporter yeah an MMA reporter yeah an MMA reporter yeah how how how how did that happen how did how how how how did that happen how did how how how how did that happen how did you get into it I was really into you get into it I was really into you get into it I was really into martial arts I was like a huge UFC buff martial arts I was like a huge UFC buff martial arts I was like a huge UFC buff I mean this is I mean this is I mean this is 2010 maybe did you practice martial arts 2010 maybe did you practice martial arts 2010 maybe did you practice martial arts yourself I did yeah I was mostly stand yourself I did yeah I was mostly stand yourself I did yeah I was mostly stand up I did like um I did a lot of Muay up I did like um I did a lot of Muay up I did like um I did a lot of Muay Thai and then some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Thai and then some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Thai and then some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and just yeah I was really and just yeah I was really and just yeah I was really the thing is I I get really intense the thing is I I get really intense the thing is I I get really intense about my hobbies about my hobbies about my hobbies into it I was all in awesome and into it I was all in awesome and into it I was all in awesome and um I had worked a little bit as a um I had worked a little bit as a um I had worked a little bit as a journalist and I was like oh I should journalist and I was like oh I should journalist and I was like oh I should like like like do MMA reporting do MMA reporting do MMA reporting and I emailed uh this uh MMA website in and I emailed uh this uh MMA website in and I emailed uh this uh MMA website in Sweden I was like hey can I come and Sweden I was like hey can I come and Sweden I was like hey can I come and write for you and they were like oh write for you and they were like oh write for you and they were like oh actually we're going to an event in actually we're going to an event in actually we're going to an event in Gothenburg tomorrow do you want to come Gothenburg tomorrow do you want to come Gothenburg tomorrow do you want to come yeah and I was like wow this is a lot yeah and I was like wow this is a lot yeah and I was like wow this is a lot it's like 11 p.m at night but sure I'll it's like 11 p.m at night but sure I'll it's like 11 p.m at night but sure I'll come come come and I went there to their office I'd and I went there to their office I'd and I went there to their office I'd never really met them and I'm like this

never really met them and I'm like this never really met them and I'm like this is kind of scary like I'm a 20 year old is kind of scary like I'm a 20 year old is kind of scary like I'm a 20 year old girl and going there in a group of men girl and going there in a group of men girl and going there in a group of men with a group of men and with a group of men and with a group of men and um they were so rude um they were so rude um they were so rude they'd like I went there and I was like they'd like I went there and I was like they'd like I went there and I was like hey what's up and they were all kind of hey what's up and they were all kind of hey what's up and they were all kind of ignoring me and just like not looking at ignoring me and just like not looking at ignoring me and just like not looking at me or interacting with me me or interacting with me me or interacting with me until they realized that until they realized that until they realized that Simon was a girl because we'd only Simon was a girl because we'd only Simon was a girl because we'd only talked over email and they're like oh talked over email and they're like oh talked over email and they're like oh this guy named Simon is Gonna Come and this guy named Simon is Gonna Come and this guy named Simon is Gonna Come and then they were like oh fuck Simon it's then they were like oh fuck Simon it's then they were like oh fuck Simon it's actually Simone yeah and it's a girl uh actually Simone yeah and it's a girl uh actually Simone yeah and it's a girl uh so I kind of like slid into that in a so I kind of like slid into that in a so I kind of like slid into that in a very very strange way and I did that for very very strange way and I did that for very very strange way and I did that for a year but then I got kicked out of an a year but then I got kicked out of an a year but then I got kicked out of an interview with Alexander Gustafson and interview with Alexander Gustafson and interview with Alexander Gustafson and pronunciation is so good pronunciation is so good pronunciation is so good and then I just kind of never went back and then I just kind of never went back and then I just kind of never went back and I was done with it and now I'm not and I was done with it and now I'm not and I was done with it and now I'm not allowed to do martial arts because of allowed to do martial arts because of allowed to do martial arts because of brain stuff so I've kind of put all of brain stuff so I've kind of put all of brain stuff so I've kind of put all of that behind me and it's it's interesting that behind me and it's it's interesting that behind me and it's it's interesting it's like I definitely see the it's like I definitely see the it's like I definitely see the athleticism in it and the skill that athleticism in it and the skill that athleticism in it and the skill that goes into it I think as the older I get goes into it I think as the older I get goes into it I think as the older I get the more concerned I am about the health the more concerned I am about the health the more concerned I am about the health impacts of the sport and of the people impacts of the sport and of the people impacts of the sport and of the people who are practicing it on an elite level who are practicing it on an elite level who are practicing it on an elite level and I'm just not as and I'm just not as and I'm just not as um um um cannot as the 100 just here as somebody cannot as the 100 just here as somebody cannot as the 100 just here as somebody beats somebody else up into a pulp yeah beats somebody else up into a pulp yeah beats somebody else up into a pulp yeah especially considering the effects you especially considering the effects you especially considering the effects you might have on the brain may I ask why might have on the brain may I ask why might have on the brain may I ask why you got kicked out yesterday is anything

you got kicked out yesterday is anything you got kicked out yesterday is anything fun so embarrassing what happened it fun so embarrassing what happened it fun so embarrassing what happened it wasn't I didn't it was not I didn't wasn't I didn't it was not I didn't wasn't I didn't it was not I didn't intend to get kicked out I didn't intend to get kicked out I didn't intend to get kicked out I didn't realize I was going to get kicked out so realize I was going to get kicked out so realize I was going to get kicked out so it was Alexander Gusto song was going to it was Alexander Gusto song was going to it was Alexander Gusto song was going to fight Jon Jones yeah and he had just he fight Jon Jones yeah and he had just he fight Jon Jones yeah and he had just he was kind of like this Golden Boy in was kind of like this Golden Boy in was kind of like this Golden Boy in Sweden and he had just come out to the Sweden and he had just come out to the Sweden and he had just come out to the press that he had actually been to jail press that he had actually been to jail press that he had actually been to jail for violent crimes for violent crimes for violent crimes and all I wanted to ask all I asked was and all I wanted to ask all I asked was and all I wanted to ask all I asked was what was the reason that you wanted to what was the reason that you wanted to what was the reason that you wanted to bring that forward now bring that forward now bring that forward now and apparently that was completely like and apparently that was completely like and apparently that was completely like blacklisted but I hadn't gotten briefed blacklisted but I hadn't gotten briefed blacklisted but I hadn't gotten briefed about it at all and the about it at all and the about it at all and the um the pr man had a PR of the UFC was um the pr man had a PR of the UFC was um the pr man had a PR of the UFC was just yelling at me and they kicked me just yelling at me and they kicked me just yelling at me and they kicked me out of hell in Stockholm and I out of hell in Stockholm and I out of hell in Stockholm and I immediately called my mom and I was like immediately called my mom and I was like immediately called my mom and I was like Mom you will not believe what just Mom you will not believe what just Mom you will not believe what just happened I got kicked out of an happened I got kicked out of an happened I got kicked out of an interview interview interview because in the 90s she got kicked out of because in the 90s she got kicked out of because in the 90s she got kicked out of an interview with Mel Gibson from the an interview with Mel Gibson from the an interview with Mel Gibson from the gun Hotel so that's like runs in the gun Hotel so that's like runs in the gun Hotel so that's like runs in the family so I was just like she party so family so I was just like she party so family so I was just like she party so yeah no it was just this weird yeah no it was just this weird yeah no it was just this weird generational skip where we both gotten generational skip where we both gotten generational skip where we both gotten kicked out of interviews at this same kicked out of interviews at this same kicked out of interviews at this same Hotel Hotel Hotel you spent uh quite a bit of time in you spent uh quite a bit of time in you spent uh quite a bit of time in China as a student uh is that something China as a student uh is that something China as a student uh is that something you could speak to the differences you could speak to the differences you could speak to the differences and culturally maybe even from like a and culturally maybe even from like a and culturally maybe even from like a student in an engineering perspective

student in an engineering perspective student in an engineering perspective between China and us maybe even Sweden between China and us maybe even Sweden between China and us maybe even Sweden those are like technologically speaking those are like technologically speaking those are like technologically speaking just such fundamentally different places just such fundamentally different places just such fundamentally different places I mean I moved to China when I was 16. I mean I moved to China when I was 16. I mean I moved to China when I was 16. yeah and I went through as an extreme yeah and I went through as an extreme yeah and I went through as an extreme student so that is before I had ever student so that is before I had ever student so that is before I had ever touched upon those things and it was and touched upon those things and it was and touched upon those things and it was and then I went back when I was 19. then I went back when I was 19. then I went back when I was 19. to work as an English teacher for a to work as an English teacher for a to work as an English teacher for a little bit little bit little bit it was it was incredibly challenging it was incredibly challenging to be there the language barrier the to be there the language barrier the to be there the language barrier the language the culture all of it I mean I language the culture all of it I mean I language the culture all of it I mean I was like now when I look at 16 year olds was like now when I look at 16 year olds was like now when I look at 16 year olds I'm like you're a baby and I moved sorry I'm like you're a baby and I moved sorry I'm like you're a baby and I moved sorry 10 or 16 year olds listening to this but 10 or 16 year olds listening to this but 10 or 16 year olds listening to this but like I just can't believe I did that and like I just can't believe I did that and like I just can't believe I did that and yeah I didn't speak the language I got yeah I didn't speak the language I got yeah I didn't speak the language I got placed in like a small City with almost placed in like a small City with almost placed in like a small City with almost no foreigners it was just a constant no foreigners it was just a constant no foreigners it was just a constant audience of people staring at you audience of people staring at you audience of people staring at you because because because they haven't interacted with a lot of they haven't interacted with a lot of they haven't interacted with a lot of foreigners before and yeah I definitely foreigners before and yeah I definitely foreigners before and yeah I definitely and then after that I moved to Kenya and then after that I moved to Kenya and then after that I moved to Kenya and and and I think that was one of the reasons why I think that was one of the reasons why I think that was one of the reasons why it was so interesting to move to the it was so interesting to move to the it was so interesting to move to the States because people were like oh isn't States because people were like oh isn't States because people were like oh isn't it like hard with the language barrier it like hard with the language barrier it like hard with the language barrier or the cultural difference and I was or the cultural difference and I was or the cultural difference and I was like yeah there's this nothing and I like yeah there's this nothing and I like yeah there's this nothing and I could speak the language like I could could speak the language like I could could speak the language like I could speak English well and I could kind of speak English well and I could kind of speak English well and I could kind of pass as an American even just as I moved pass as an American even just as I moved pass as an American even just as I moved here and it was such a relief where I here and it was such a relief where I here and it was such a relief where I was like wow I'm like an undercover was like wow I'm like an undercover was like wow I'm like an undercover Foreigner because I got to a point where Foreigner because I got to a point where Foreigner because I got to a point where I realized like it doesn't matter how

I realized like it doesn't matter how I realized like it doesn't matter how good my Mandarin is I'm never good my Mandarin is I'm never good my Mandarin is I'm never people are never gonna people are never gonna people are never gonna fully fully fully accept me here so yeah and you moved you accept me here so yeah and you moved you accept me here so yeah and you moved you uh went to Kenya you've spoken about uh went to Kenya you've spoken about uh went to Kenya you've spoken about this after your parents got divorced I know I know so many things what do you I know I know so many things what do you think this is is it from when I have my think this is is it from when I have my think this is is it from when I have my Amazon Echo installed yeah yeah Amazon Echo installed yeah yeah Amazon Echo installed yeah yeah I came home from China first time I was I came home from China first time I was I came home from China first time I was there for a year it's it's one of the most turned upside down days one of the most turned upside down days one of the most turned upside down days of my life I spent a year there and I of my life I spent a year there and I of my life I spent a year there and I was so excited I had really rough year was so excited I had really rough year was so excited I had really rough year and I was so excited just to come home and I was so excited just to come home and I was so excited just to come home and like be a child again I remember and like be a child again I remember and like be a child again I remember thinking and just like feeling like I thinking and just like feeling like I thinking and just like feeling like I belonged and then I came home and I belonged and then I came home and I belonged and then I came home and I found out that my parents had separated found out that my parents had separated found out that my parents had separated when I was gone and they hadn't told me when I was gone and they hadn't told me when I was gone and they hadn't told me because they wanted to like not affect because they wanted to like not affect because they wanted to like not affect my stay there which I think was 100 the my stay there which I think was 100 the my stay there which I think was 100 the right decision of them to make but I right decision of them to make but I right decision of them to make but I kind of came home to a house that was kind of came home to a house that was kind of came home to a house that was starting to get picked apart and starting to get picked apart and starting to get picked apart and a big shock to your world it was both a big shock to your world it was both a big shock to your world it was both yes and no yes and no yes and no I think I remember I just sat down on my I think I remember I just sat down on my I think I remember I just sat down on my bed and I was like well this isn't what bed and I was like well this isn't what bed and I was like well this isn't what I expected but I guess I'll move to I expected but I guess I'll move to I expected but I guess I'll move to Kenya because I was one of the few there Kenya because I was one of the few there Kenya because I was one of the few there were a few Swedish boarding schools in were a few Swedish boarding schools in were a few Swedish boarding schools in the world there was one in Brussels the world there was one in Brussels the world there was one in Brussels Paris London and then one in Nairobi and Paris London and then one in Nairobi and Paris London and then one in Nairobi and I didn't want to miss more school

I didn't want to miss more school I didn't want to miss more school because I'd taken a gap year when I went because I'd taken a gap year when I went because I'd taken a gap year when I went to China to China to China so I was like I guess I'll go to Nairobi so I was like I guess I'll go to Nairobi so I was like I guess I'll go to Nairobi and I'm thinking now like I I think if and I'm thinking now like I I think if and I'm thinking now like I I think if my parents had stayed together granted my parents had stayed together granted my parents had stayed together granted it was amazing that they they did made it was amazing that they they did made it was amazing that they they did made the right decision in every way but I my the right decision in every way but I my the right decision in every way but I my roots kind of never grew back after that roots kind of never grew back after that roots kind of never grew back after that and and and I think I just kept on moving abroad and I think I just kept on moving abroad and I think I just kept on moving abroad and moving around and being really restless moving around and being really restless moving around and being really restless and and and yeah and have you ever been able to find yeah and have you ever been able to find yeah and have you ever been able to find a home a home a home spiritually I have a home yeah I mean I spiritually I have a home yeah I mean I spiritually I have a home yeah I mean I have a home in the people around me and I have I in the people around me and I have I have a lot of different homes you know have a lot of different homes you know have a lot of different homes you know it's it's it's I think what I'm realizing more and more I think what I'm realizing more and more I think what I'm realizing more and more is like you cannot live without is like you cannot live without is like you cannot live without consequence and compromise and sometimes consequence and compromise and sometimes consequence and compromise and sometimes I can envy people who have that like I can envy people who have that like I can envy people who have that like same friend group that they had their same friend group that they had their same friend group that they had their entire life or that you know just really entire life or that you know just really entire life or that you know just really belong in a place belong in a place belong in a place and I realized that would be amazing but and I realized that would be amazing but and I realized that would be amazing but I've chosen different experiences I've chosen different experiences I've chosen different experiences and one of the upsides of that is I can and one of the upsides of that is I can and one of the upsides of that is I can feel home almost anywhere feel home almost anywhere feel home almost anywhere one of the downsides of that is that I one of the downsides of that is that I one of the downsides of that is that I cannot feel fully at home anywhere cannot feel fully at home anywhere cannot feel fully at home anywhere oh that's deeply and Darkly poetic do oh that's deeply and Darkly poetic do oh that's deeply and Darkly poetic do you feel at home probably the way you put it is uh really probably the way you put it is uh really beautifully put yeah beautifully put yeah beautifully put yeah no

no no I have to find home in the people I love I have to find home in the people I love I have to find home in the people I love yeah what advice would you give to young what advice would you give to young people uh that look at your Stellar life the uh that look at your Stellar life the trajectory of of your career as a human trajectory of of your career as a human trajectory of of your career as a human being as a Creator as a engineer as a being as a Creator as a engineer as a being as a Creator as a engineer as a designer designer designer as a incredibly interesting personality as a incredibly interesting personality as a incredibly interesting personality who's working on an autobiography what who's working on an autobiography what who's working on an autobiography what advice would you give them um like how advice would you give them um like how advice would you give them um like how how to make their way in this life maybe how to make their way in this life maybe how to make their way in this life maybe high school students maybe college high school students maybe college high school students maybe college students on um students on um students on um how they can have a career they can be how they can have a career they can be how they can have a career they can be proud of or life they can be proud of oh proud of or life they can be proud of oh proud of or life they can be proud of oh my God looks my God looks my God looks um you know it's this is not the advice but you know it's this is not the advice but there are very few moments in a career there are very few moments in a career there are very few moments in a career that feel as good as you think they are that feel as good as you think they are that feel as good as you think they are going to going to going to and there are very few moments of and there are very few moments of and there are very few moments of feeling really proud of yourself like I feeling really proud of yourself like I feeling really proud of yourself like I feel like I often feel like I often feel like I often just feel like I'm not doing it well just feel like I'm not doing it well just feel like I'm not doing it well enough or big enough or enough or big enough or enough or big enough or and now I just had one of those moments and now I just had one of those moments and now I just had one of those moments like hearing you say that I'm like oh like hearing you say that I'm like oh like hearing you say that I'm like oh I'm actually doing okay I think my main advice is I think my main advice is enthusiasm is a much more potent fuel in enthusiasm is a much more potent fuel in enthusiasm is a much more potent fuel in life than Duty life than Duty life than Duty and just because something is boring and just because something is boring and just because something is boring doesn't mean that it's important doesn't mean that it's important doesn't mean that it's important I

I I I kind of realized for myself that like I kind of realized for myself that like I kind of realized for myself that like I'm so much better at the things I enjoy I'm so much better at the things I enjoy I'm so much better at the things I enjoy but school doesn't really teach us how but school doesn't really teach us how but school doesn't really teach us how to stay excited about something and how to stay excited about something and how to stay excited about something and how to stay enthusiastic about something and to stay enthusiastic about something and to stay enthusiastic about something and if you can find that then like you got a if you can find that then like you got a if you can find that then like you got a gold mine of potential gold mine of potential gold mine of potential so so so I kind of had to reprogram myself to be I kind of had to reprogram myself to be I kind of had to reprogram myself to be like just because this is fun doesn't like just because this is fun doesn't like just because this is fun doesn't mean that it's not important mean that it's not important mean that it's not important because I had so much guilt about it in because I had so much guilt about it in because I had so much guilt about it in this weird way or where I'm like no this this weird way or where I'm like no this this weird way or where I'm like no this is too fun this can't be work and I'm is too fun this can't be work and I'm is too fun this can't be work and I'm like no it still work like no it still work like no it still work the boring stuff isn't more important the boring stuff isn't more important the boring stuff isn't more important and the vice versa says you said and the vice versa says you said and the vice versa says you said just because it's boring and hard just because it's boring and hard just because it's boring and hard doesn't mean it's the right thing to do doesn't mean it's the right thing to do doesn't mean it's the right thing to do yeah that's interesting I um I'm gonna yeah that's interesting I um I'm gonna yeah that's interesting I um I'm gonna have to take that advice and think have to take that advice and think have to take that advice and think through it because I'm my genetically through it because I'm my genetically through it because I'm my genetically I'm built a little bit like if this is I'm built a little bit like if this is I'm built a little bit like if this is really unpleasant it's probably good for really unpleasant it's probably good for really unpleasant it's probably good for me yeah and it's a dangerous thing to to me yeah and it's a dangerous thing to to me yeah and it's a dangerous thing to to think sometimes it's true sometimes it's think sometimes it's true sometimes it's think sometimes it's true sometimes it's not yeah not yeah not yeah no and it's like what comes really easy no and it's like what comes really easy no and it's like what comes really easy and where do you have that kind of and where do you have that kind of and where do you have that kind of effortless momentum and enthusiasm and effortless momentum and enthusiasm and effortless momentum and enthusiasm and that is kind of The Sweet Spot that is kind of The Sweet Spot that is kind of The Sweet Spot I think that I'm also really happy that I think that I'm also really happy that I think that I'm also really happy that I spent time trying out so many I spent time trying out so many I spent time trying out so many different jobs I mean I had I've had so different jobs I mean I had I've had so different jobs I mean I had I've had so many different jobs before I did it and many different jobs before I did it and many different jobs before I did it and I would do things for a year and then I I would do things for a year and then I I would do things for a year and then I quit and it feels like I tried on a quit and it feels like I tried on a quit and it feels like I tried on a bunch of different pants and you're like bunch of different pants and you're like bunch of different pants and you're like okay I can kind of wear this but they're

okay I can kind of wear this but they're okay I can kind of wear this but they're like not super comfortable or I don't like not super comfortable or I don't like not super comfortable or I don't love the look of them or whatever and love the look of them or whatever and love the look of them or whatever and now I feel like I found this pair of now I feel like I found this pair of now I feel like I found this pair of pants that just like fits me perfectly pants that just like fits me perfectly pants that just like fits me perfectly and that perfectly caters to my and that perfectly caters to my and that perfectly caters to my strengths and my weaknesses like I used strengths and my weaknesses like I used strengths and my weaknesses like I used to work as an editor for the Swedish to work as an editor for the Swedish to work as an editor for the Swedish government government government and I remember thinking like and I remember thinking like and I remember thinking like oh I need to be okay that not a lot of oh I need to be okay that not a lot of oh I need to be okay that not a lot of things are happening and that things are things are happening and that things are things are happening and that things are moving slowly and that the work is kind moving slowly and that the work is kind moving slowly and that the work is kind of like monotonous and then I realized of like monotonous and then I realized of like monotonous and then I realized like or maybe I should be in a workplace like or maybe I should be in a workplace like or maybe I should be in a workplace where it's a benefit or strength that I where it's a benefit or strength that I where it's a benefit or strength that I want a lot of things to happen and that want a lot of things to happen and that want a lot of things to happen and that I can handle a high speed yeah you know I can handle a high speed yeah you know I can handle a high speed yeah you know and I think that is really such a good and I think that is really such a good and I think that is really such a good question task as well like what are my question task as well like what are my question task as well like what are my strengths what are my weaknesses and strengths what are my weaknesses and strengths what are my weaknesses and what context are most of these things what context are most of these things what context are most of these things strengths strengths strengths if you know that you know the if you know that you know the if you know that you know the measurements you can find the right measurements you can find the right measurements you can find the right fitting pants yeah or the right suit fitting pants yeah or the right suit fitting pants yeah or the right suit as Lex will tell you as Lex will tell you as Lex will tell you um uh what do you think is the meaning um uh what do you think is the meaning um uh what do you think is the meaning of life of life of life no I don't think there's any meaning no I don't think there's any meaning no I don't think there's any meaning it's a meaningless void no just that it it's a meaningless void no just that it it's a meaningless void no just that it doesn't have any meaning doesn't mean doesn't have any meaning doesn't mean doesn't have any meaning doesn't mean that it's meaningless I don't think that that it's meaningless I don't think that that it's meaningless I don't think that there's this big Grand meaning I think there's this big Grand meaning I think there's this big Grand meaning I think um a more important question is what um a more important question is what um a more important question is what brings you substantial joy in your life brings you substantial joy in your life brings you substantial joy in your life to me it's the relationships with people to me it's the relationships with people to me it's the relationships with people that I have that I have that I have love love love yeah I mean love in all different kinds yeah I mean love in all different kinds yeah I mean love in all different kinds of form it's um of form it's um of form it's um I'm really working on figuring out how

I'm really working on figuring out how I'm really working on figuring out how to build more Community especially in a to build more Community especially in a to build more Community especially in a society that isn't really made for it society that isn't really made for it society that isn't really made for it um I want more passive um I want more passive um I want more passive Hangouts with people or like I just want Hangouts with people or like I just want Hangouts with people or like I just want people who are there people who are there people who are there together together together to get high no together to get high to get high no together to get high to get high no together to get high together yeah I mean I like I I think together yeah I mean I like I I think together yeah I mean I like I I think seeing somebody for lunch and kind of seeing somebody for lunch and kind of seeing somebody for lunch and kind of shooting the shit and what's what's the shooting the shit and what's what's the shooting the shit and what's what's the latest with you is great but like what I latest with you is great but like what I latest with you is great but like what I want is somebody to just roll up in want is somebody to just roll up in want is somebody to just roll up in sweat pants and open my fridge and like sweat pants and open my fridge and like sweat pants and open my fridge and like be like what are you gonna do I don't be like what are you gonna do I don't be like what are you gonna do I don't know maybe I'll read a book like yeah I know maybe I'll read a book like yeah I know maybe I'll read a book like yeah I think that sharing kind of like silence think that sharing kind of like silence think that sharing kind of like silence sharing silence being alone together and sharing silence being alone together and sharing silence being alone together and that just that type of community I think that just that type of community I think that just that type of community I think is what I'm really seeking out now is what I'm really seeking out now is what I'm really seeking out now um because I think yeah and also like um because I think yeah and also like um because I think yeah and also like working on a goal on a joint goal working on a goal on a joint goal working on a goal on a joint goal together with other people you know I together with other people you know I together with other people you know I think being a YouTuber can be really think being a YouTuber can be really think being a YouTuber can be really lonely lonely lonely um I mean as much as I'm working with a um I mean as much as I'm working with a um I mean as much as I'm working with a team it's like team it's like team it's like yeah I just want to work in a bigger yeah I just want to work in a bigger yeah I just want to work in a bigger project and kind of have that sense of project and kind of have that sense of project and kind of have that sense of wow we're like doing this together wow we're like doing this together wow we're like doing this together because I think that access is my pride because I think that access is my pride because I think that access is my pride a lot better than just being proud of a lot better than just being proud of a lot better than just being proud of myself it's so much easier for me to be myself it's so much easier for me to be myself it's so much easier for me to be proud of a team proud of a team proud of a team than for me to be proud of myself than for me to be proud of myself than for me to be proud of myself that's probably good advice for people that's probably good advice for people that's probably good advice for people who are doing creative work on YouTube who are doing creative work on YouTube who are doing creative work on YouTube too to work on to work on a team yeah

too to work on to work on a team yeah too to work on to work on a team yeah and just choose and just choose and just choose try to do things and take it from the try to do things and take it from the try to do things and take it from the queen of shitty robots but like try to queen of shitty robots but like try to queen of shitty robots but like try to do things with Integrity form a queen do things with Integrity form a queen do things with Integrity form a queen robots robots robots do things with Integrity like anything do things with Integrity like anything do things with Integrity like anything you do on the Internet is kind of I you do on the Internet is kind of I you do on the Internet is kind of I think of things as tattoos on my think of things as tattoos on my think of things as tattoos on my internet internet internet and on my internet self and I'm I'm and on my internet self and I'm I'm and on my internet self and I'm I'm really happy that I said no to some really happy that I said no to some really happy that I said no to some things early in my career that I know things early in my career that I know things early in my career that I know that I would have regretted now and that I would have regretted now and that I would have regretted now and you know just think of it in the long you know just think of it in the long you know just think of it in the long term like going viral is overwhelming term like going viral is overwhelming term like going viral is overwhelming and so stressful and so fun but like so and so stressful and so fun but like so and so stressful and so fun but like so intense and I'm I'm really happy that I intense and I'm I'm really happy that I intense and I'm I'm really happy that I managed to build that into a more managed to build that into a more managed to build that into a more long-term career long-term career long-term career than just have it be something that than just have it be something that than just have it be something that passed passed passed and come down from the the viral moment and come down from the the viral moment and come down from the the viral moment and maintaining your Humanity yeah and and maintaining your Humanity yeah and and maintaining your Humanity yeah and also also also really deliberately defining what really deliberately defining what really deliberately defining what success means to you because there are success means to you because there are success means to you because there are so many so many so many reasons or so many definitions that reasons or so many definitions that reasons or so many definitions that other people will give you and other people will give you and other people will give you and especially when you're working on the especially when you're working on the especially when you're working on the internet there are just numbers upon internet there are just numbers upon internet there are just numbers upon numbers that are like you're doing well numbers that are like you're doing well numbers that are like you're doing well you're not doing well and something I'm you're not doing well and something I'm you're not doing well and something I'm really happy that I did was early on I really happy that I did was early on I really happy that I did was early on I really try to think of like what does really try to think of like what does really try to think of like what does success look like for me and I realize success look like for me and I realize success look like for me and I realize that it's not having the world's biggest that it's not having the world's biggest that it's not having the world's biggest YouTube channel YouTube channel YouTube channel it's being proud of the projects that I it's being proud of the projects that I it's being proud of the projects that I put out and having full say in how I

put out and having full say in how I put out and having full say in how I spend my time spend my time spend my time like that is the most important thing to like that is the most important thing to like that is the most important thing to me and if I had a huge YouTube channel me and if I had a huge YouTube channel me and if I had a huge YouTube channel and I was making so much money but I and I was making so much money but I and I was making so much money but I kind of had this machine run me rather kind of had this machine run me rather kind of had this machine run me rather than the other way around like to me than the other way around like to me than the other way around like to me it's so important to be able to wake up it's so important to be able to wake up it's so important to be able to wake up in the morning and be like I don't want in the morning and be like I don't want in the morning and be like I don't want to do this anymore and for that to be to do this anymore and for that to be to do this anymore and for that to be okay okay okay um and I think I defined that for myself um and I think I defined that for myself um and I think I defined that for myself early on and I've really tried to live early on and I've really tried to live early on and I've really tried to live by it and made decisions after that and by it and made decisions after that and by it and made decisions after that and I'm really happy that I did that and I'm really happy that I did that and I'm really happy that I did that and also you're with the the store with the also you're with the the store with the also you're with the the store with the design you're doing now you're putting design you're doing now you're putting design you're doing now you're putting a little bit of love in the products you a little bit of love in the products you a little bit of love in the products you create a scale I mean that's what Johnny create a scale I mean that's what Johnny create a scale I mean that's what Johnny Ive did hmm that's the cool thing so you Ive did hmm that's the cool thing so you Ive did hmm that's the cool thing so you can create something beautiful and then can create something beautiful and then can create something beautiful and then people can share that love at skills people can share that love at skills people can share that love at skills it's terrifying and beautiful and I'm so it's terrifying and beautiful and I'm so it's terrifying and beautiful and I'm so here for it I'm here for it too here for it I'm here for it too here for it I'm here for it too um I'm a big fan I'm a big fan of who um I'm a big fan I'm a big fan of who um I'm a big fan I'm a big fan of who you are I'm a big fan of everything you you are I'm a big fan of everything you you are I'm a big fan of everything you do of putting yourself out there putting do of putting yourself out there putting do of putting yourself out there putting your love out there in terms of the your love out there in terms of the your love out there in terms of the designs you create also just because I'm designs you create also just because I'm designs you create also just because I'm a fan of Robotics I think you inspire a a fan of Robotics I think you inspire a a fan of Robotics I think you inspire a lot of people I think lot of people I think lot of people I think the shitty robots are actually the shitty robots are actually the shitty robots are actually incredible robots incredible robots incredible robots and uh it's incredible engineering and uh it's incredible engineering and uh it's incredible engineering that's all that's that's the best that's all that's that's the best that's all that's that's the best combination of design engineering and combination of design engineering and combination of design engineering and fun all of it together so thank you for fun all of it together so thank you for fun all of it together so thank you for doing that you're I'm a big fan you're doing that you're I'm a big fan you're doing that you're I'm a big fan you're an inspiration and thank you for sitting an inspiration and thank you for sitting an inspiration and thank you for sitting down with me this is awesome thank you down with me this is awesome thank you down with me this is awesome thank you so much for having me so much for having me so much for having me thanks for listening to this thanks for listening to this thanks for listening to this conversation with Simone yet to support

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