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TODAY'S GUEST   Dr. Leidy Klotz is the Copenhaver Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, where he is appointed in the Schools of Engineering, Architecture, and Business. He co-founded and co-directs the university's Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative, which engages and supports applied, interdisciplinary research.     Leidy studies how we transform things from the way they are to the way we want them to be. His research on the science of design has appeared in both Nature and Science, and he has written for The Washington Post, Fast Company, Lit Hub, and the Behavioral Scientist. Leidy has authored more than 80 original research articles and secured more than $10 million in competitive funding to support his and others' work in this area.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: His early career as a soccer player. Studying engineering. His aha! moment when playing Legos with his son, which led to his breakthrough research and proof that people systematically overlook subtractive changes when considering a solution.   We also discuss: Adding versus subtracting. His book, Subtract. On adding as a strategy against entropy. On great examples of functional subtraction. Subtracting in design and in civilization in general. On loss aversion as a possible driver. On minimalism. And many other topics.   Leidy's insights are especially crucial for designers, and has encouraged me to incorporate a moment of subtraction in our design processes. I think we'd all be better off if our products, our laws, our routines, and our homes, occasionally got simpler, instead of more complex.   This conversation is one of a dozen or so weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with top thinkers, designers, makers, authors, entrepreneurs, and impact investors who are working to change our world for the better. So follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to remakepod.org to subscribe.   And now let's jump right in with Dr. Leidy Klotz.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [4:06] Life During Covid [10:06] Early Childhood Lessons [12:31] Transitioning [15:16] An Aha! Moment [21:31] Adding Versus Subtracting [23:27] The Biology of Subtracting [27:52] Entropy [32:12] Functional Subtraction [38:46] Loss Aversion [42:17] The Civilizational Level of Adding and Subtracting [48:45] Subtracting in Design [51:53] A Subtraction Clause [55:22] Spirituality in Subtracting [1:06:05] A Short Sermon   EPISODE LINKS Leidy's Links 🌍 Leidy Klotz Website 📘 Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less 📘 Sustainability through Soccer: An Unexpected Approach to Saving Our World 🔬 National Science Foundation 🏫 University of Virginia 🎤 TED Talk 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile 📣 Twitter: @Leidyklotz Other Links 📺 Ted Lasso 📕 The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters by Eric J. Johnson 📕 The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov 📕 The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White 📕 Tao Te Ching: The Book of the Way by Lao Tzu 📕 The Great Learning: One of the "Four Books" in Confucianism by Confucius 🧱 LEGO 🚲 Strider Bikes 🐵 Chaos Monkey 🧹 KonMari 🗓️ The Design Sprint 🎤 TED Talk - Alain de Botton   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Christian Madsbjerg is a Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School and a co-founder of the pioneering Red Associates, a consultancy with offices in Copenhagen and New York City, which brings the human sciences to bear on strategic business problems, mostly dealing with companies in trouble.   Christian writes, speaks, and teaches on the practical application of the human sciences, latest as a Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School for social research. His work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, and Bloomberg Businessweek.   His latest book, Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm, was released in the spring of 2017 by Hachette Book Group, and is out in 16 languages.     EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: Growing up on a small island near Sweden. His work with Lego, helping them identify harmful, false assumptions around play and childhood. The critical value of the humanities in business, and why it's been overlooked for so long. The value of slowing down. His book, Sensemaking. His skepticism around AI, big data, and design thinking. And many other topics.   I'm a big believer in the power of the humanities, from anthropology to history, poetry to philosophy, to teach us critical tools and skills for the world of business. And I think this conversation will be eye-opening to many people.   It's one of a dozen or so weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with thinkers, designers, makers, best-selling authors, entrepreneurs, and impact investors who are working to change our world for the better. So follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to remakepod.org to subscribe.   And now let's jump right in with Christian Madsbjerg.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [3:28] Life During Covid [14:42] Early Childhood Observations [16:27] A Path of Early Projects [20:03] Rebuilding Lego [27:28] Assumptions and Questions [29:13] Introducing Humanities to the Business World [34:38] Sensemaking and the Role of Humans vs Technology [41:59] The Concept of the Human [44:36] An Observation of Design Thinking [49:10] How to Pay Attention [51:08] H1B [54:29] A Short Sermon   EPISODE LINKS Christian's Links 🌍 Christian Madsbjerg Official Website 🏫 The New School 🔬 ReD Associates 📘 Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm 📘 The Moment of Clarity: Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems 🎤 TED Talk 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile Other Links 🧱 LEGO 👟 Adidas 📕 Human Compatible by Stuart Russell 📕 Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 📕 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Nick Martin is an educator, technologist, and social entrepreneur with over 15 years experience working in social impact. He's the founder and CEO of TechChange, a Washington, D.C. based social enterprise that builds world-class online courses and events on topics that matter for hundreds of leading social sector organizations.   Nick is also a faculty member at Columbia and Georgetown Universities and sits on the board of PopTech, a global network committed to the vanguard of emerging technology, science, exploration, and creative expression.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: Growing up at the intersection of politics and creativity with a dad who was chief of staff for Ronald Reagan, and a mother who is a weaver and an artist. Studying education and human rights in Costa Rica, then starting a first unsuccessful nonprofit before finally starting TechChange.   We also discuss: The failures of higher ed. The promise of online learning in democratizing knowledge and making it accessible. And many other topics.   This conversation with Nick is one of dozens of upcoming conversations that we have lined up for you with bestselling authors, designers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers who are changing our world for the better. So follow this show on your favorite podcast app if you don't want to miss these episodes.   And now let's jump right in with Nick Martin.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [2:46] Life During Covid [5:20] Early Childhood Driving Forces [9:25] Divergent Paths [10:31] Peace in a Rainforest [14:25] A Foray Into Nonprofits [17:41] The Birth of TechChange [21:02] A Variety of Experts [22:52] Reactions and Demand [25:11] The Heart of the TechChange Model [30:53] Higher Education Design Flaws [36:37] Creating Alternative Brands [39:15] Evolving Education [45:43] The Essence of Online Engagement [49:44] Nonprofit Challenges [57:14] A Short Sermon   EPISODE LINKS Nick's Links 🌍 TechChange 🌍 PopTech 🏫 Columbia | SIPA 🏫 Georgetown University 🏫 GW Elliott School of International Affairs 🏫 University for Peace 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile 📣 Twitter: @ncmart 📺 YouTube Channel Other Links 💻 Coursera 💻 MOOC 💻 altMBA   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Dr. Herbert Gintis is an American economist, behavioral scientist, and educator known for his theoretical contributions to sociobiology, especially altruism, cooperation, epistemic game theory, gene-culture coevolution, efficiency wages, strong reciprocity, and human capital theory. He's currently External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and carries a PhD in economics from Harvard University.   Throughout his career, he has worked extensively with economist, Samuel Bowles. Their most recent book, A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution, was published by Princeton University Press in 2011.     EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: Why pandemics change everything. Why people have entangled minds, and what this means for fighting misinformation. Why conspiracy theories operate like religions. Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, as a curious and science-minded kid. The five powers of human beings. His journey through math, economics, the social sciences and sandal making. The risks of becoming a single discipline thinker. The contradictory models of human behavior in the humanities. Why people vote despite the fact that their individual vote doesn't determine the outcome. His model of social rationality. What does it mean to be conscious? The explanation of altruism as a phenomenon. And many, many other topics.   Herbert is a remarkably prolific researcher, writer, and thinker. And this conversation is packed to the brim with insights and fascinating questions. It's one of a dozen or so weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with thinkers, designers, makers, authors, entrepreneurs, and impact investors who are working to change our world for the better.   So follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to remakepod.org to subscribe so you don't miss them.   And now, let's jump right in with Dr. Herbert Gintis.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [3:45] Life During Covid [6:27] Entangled Minds [10:29] Early Childhood Curiosity  [13:17] Mathematics and Spirituality  [17:43] A Transition to Economics [20:38] A Lesson in Marxism  [22:24] Models of Human Behavior  [33:21] Altruism and Strong Reciprocity  [37:05] The Rational Actor Model and Game Theory [52:00] Entanglement and the Internet [55:58] Physics and Consciousness  [1:05:15] A Short Sermon   EPISODE LINKS Herbert's Links 🌍 Herbert Gintis Website 🏫 Santa Fe Institute 📘 Individuality and Entanglement: The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life 📘 A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution 📘 Game Theory in Action: An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models 📘 The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile 📣 Twitter: @hgintis Other Links 📕 On Liberty by John Stuart Mill 📕 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 🎤 TED Talk - Alain de Botton   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Eric Lombardi has been working at the cutting-edge of the Zero Waste and Social Enterprise Movements across the world since the mid-90's. His working mission has been to transform the waste management industry into a “resource management” industry.   Eric was a national spokesperson for the first Zero Waste organization in the U.S.A. (1997), and was a co-founder of the Zero Waste International Alliance (2002). Eric was invited to the Clinton White House in 1998 as one of the Top 100 USA Recyclers and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Association For Recycling.   From 1989-2014, he grew Eco-Cycle, a small nonprofit, into the largest zero waste social enterprise in the U.S.A. Eric is now the President of Buy Social USA and an Associate of the Social Enterprise World Forum.   After 24 years of building the largest Zero Waste Social Enterprise in the U.S.A., Eric has recently re-focused his efforts to helping to grow the global Social Enterprise Movement.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: His journey into the Zero Waste Movement Hope vs. Despair in promoting for the environment Individual behaviors vs. Systemic change Why he calls Capitalism “a beautiful beast”, and how can we point it in safe directions? New and exciting environmentally responsible innovations in government, business, and NGOs, And his involvement with the Buy Social Movement   This conversation with Eric Lombardi is one of dozens of hopeful, inspiring conversations we’ve got lined up for you with leading designers, thinkers, makers, activists, and scientists who are reimagining and remaking our world today.   To make sure you don’t miss them - simply follow this show on your favorite podcast player.   And now, let’s jump right in with Eric Lombardi.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [3:07] Life During Covid [4:37] Early Driving Forces [6:23] A Spiritual Psychedelic Journey [10:18] Europe Travels and an Awakening [14:12] The Oil Embargoes [16:15] Technology and Human Affairs [18:26] A Career Trajectory [25:35] Scaling the Vision [33:05] The Three Z's to Z Squared [35:30] A Beautiful Beast [38:06] A True Social Enterprise [46:06] Impact Investing [53:39] The Water Bucket [54:40] Fair Profit vs Maximum Profit Industry [59:25] A Business Strategy [1:02:54] A Sermon for Changemakers    EPISODE LINKS Eric's Links ♻️ Eco-Cycle ♻️ Zero Waste Strategies 🌍 Social Enterprise World Forum 🌍 Buy Social USA 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile 📺 YouTube Channel Other Links 🎧 David Peter Stroh 📕 Ends. by Joe Macleod ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Leanne Butterworth is on a mission to create a world where everyone feels heard, valued, and visible. She is the founder of Empathy First, and the host of The Professional Empathy Podcast.   She brings together her lived experience, a degree in Applied Science, and post graduate qualifications in social enterprise. Leanne is an active member of the start-up, mental health, and social enterprise communities, tutoring Social Enterprise at the Queensland University of Technology and working with the Queensland Social Enterprise Council.   With unique, memorable Empathy Training, she empowers leaders and communities with empathy skills that create happier, healthier, more sustainable workplaces and workforces - and save lives.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: Growing up as a self-reliant, independent kid in Australia — while also learning to ask for help when she needs it. Her struggle with postpartum depression and what it taught her. Her virtual reality business - looking to foster empathy using cutting edge technology.   We also discuss: What is empathy? Why is it important? For personal life as well as business? How can it be taught? Her Empathy Commitment method Empathy as individuals and in teams What blocks empathy? Empathy and Design Thinking and more.   This conversation with Leanne is one of dozens of conversations we have lined up for you with world-changing thinkers, designers, scientists, and entrepreneurs who are changing our world for the better every day. If you're listening in a podcast app, you already know how to follow a show, so if you don't want to miss these conversations, follow us now.   And now let's jump right in with Leanne Butterworth.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [3:50] Life During Covid [8:00] Early Childhood Wisdom [14:13] An Education Trajectory [22:35] Postpartum Rage [27:47] A VR Simulation and an Empathy Journey [32:07] Types of Empathy [39:48] Empathy of the Self [47:10] Importance of Empathy [52:54] Training Empathy [57:07] Nonviolent Communication [01:00:02] Empathy Commitment  [01:03:58] Empathy First and More [01:07:25] A Sermon on Empathy   EPISODE LINKS Leanne's Links 🌍 Empathy First 🌍 Lose Your Mind 🌍 Queensland Social Enterprise Council 🎤 The Professional Empathy Podcast 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile 📺 YouTube Channel Other Links 🌍 Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Dr. Jessica Gallagher is in charge of External Engagement at The University of Adelaide, and was formerly the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Global Engagement and Entrepreneurship at The University of Queensland (UQ). At UQ, she has transformed the student experience, by embedding entrepreneurial thinking into the educational curriculum for every discipline. She oversaw the creation of UQ Ventures, and led their LeadHers program in helping 1,214 female participants to build confidence and grow leadership capabilities.   Jessica is also director on the board of the Kokoda Track Foundation, where she provides expertise and support in improving the lives and futures of Papua New Guineans.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: Learning the power of education from her father, who was a teacher. Studying abroad in Germany, and how it opened her mind to different cultures, languages, and ways of thinking. The importance of entrepreneurship studies for all disciplines and specialties. Her work to increase rates of female student enrollment in UQ's Accelerator program, and to provide them with the tools and confidence to succeed. The importance of stepping outside of your comfort zone and continually challenging yourself to keep growing.   This conversation with Jessica is one of a dozen or more upcoming conversations with designers, authors, scientists, investors, and entrepreneurs who are changing our world for the better. If you don't want to miss them, please follow our show on your favorite podcast player.   And now, let's jump right in with Dr. Jessica Gallagher.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [03:01] Life During Covid [08:03] A Virus in an Underdeveloped World [10:40] The Value of Education [12:52] Language, Literature, and Vergangenheitsbewältigung [16:26] From Humanities to Entrepreneurship [21:28] Embedding Entrepreneurship [24:10] Job-Creating Graduates [28:05] Women in Entrepreneurship [32:30] A Gender Imbalance [35:17] The Importance of Diversity and Perspectives [36:43] A New Job [38:19] A Sermon on Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone   EPISODE LINKS Jessica's Links 🏫 UQ 🏫 UQ Ventures 🏫 iLab Accelerator 🏫 LeadHers 🌍 KTF 🌍 SheEO 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUESTS In this episode of Remake, I sit down with Ana Ferreira and Alex Muench. Ana is Head of Design and Product Design, and Alex is a senior digital product designer at Doist, a completely remote team of over 100 people, and the maker of popular productivity apps, Todoist and Twist. Ana and Alex are the creators of Twist, a remarkable and opinionated communication tool aimed at replacing Slack with a less distracting, more focused supporting, less real-time alternative. We've been using Twist for a few months at Remake, and it has done wonders for our ability to communicate remotely across time zones, to stay up-to-date, and catch up when our work allows rather than disrupting work to be always connected. I really can't overstate how much more harmonious and effective work has become since we moved out of real-time chat tools. And a lot of this goes back to Ana and Alex's ideas and the company's opinionated take on work, communication and design.   EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: What it means to be a designer. What makes Doist special as a company. What's wrong with "always on" team chat tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google's team chat, and the culture of availability and distraction they promote. What it takes to be an effective distributed team. This chat with Ana and Alex is just one of dozens of great weekly interviews we have lined up for you with leading designers, bestselling authors, activists, impact investors and entrepreneurs. We're trying to change our lives for the better in some meaningful way. So if you haven't done so already, please follow us on your favorite podcast player to make sure you don't miss them. And now let's jump right in with Ana Ferreira and Alex Muench from Doist.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [3:11] Life During Covid [5:53] Helping the Community [7:40] Early Driving Forces [10:05] The Definition of a Designer [12:21] The Birth of a Designer [13:53] The Road to Doist [19:12] Supporting a Well-Lived Life [22:39] Synchronous vs Asynchronous Challenges [27:15] The Derivation of Twist From Slack [31:34] Redesigning Communication [36:19] Early Versions of Twist [37:53] Market Reactions and the Value of Async Communication [41:59] A Sermon for Designers   EPISODE LINKS Ana and Alex's Links 🌍 Doist 🌍 Todoist 🌍 Twist 💼 Ana's LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile 💼 Alex's LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile 📣 Ana's Twitter: @theanaferreira 📣 Alex's Twitter: @alexmuench 📺 Todoist YouTube Channel 📺 Twist YouTube Channel Other Links 🌍 Slack 🌍 Basecamp (formerly known as 37signals)   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Dave Evans worked on the first computer mouse at Apple, founded the Life Design Lab at Stanford alongside Bill Burnett, and is a bestselling author of two books — Design Your Life, and Design Your Work Life.   Informed by early tragedy, by his own missteps along the way, and by his Christian faith and contemplative spirituality, he created a transformative Design Thinking process that has helped thousands of students and adults, at Stanford and around the world, to figure out what they want to do with their "one wild and precious life".   In this conversation, in the shadow of the epidemic and his wife’s final battle with cancer, we talk about what it means to lead a joyful, vital, and meaningful life.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we discuss: How Dave and his wife are dealing with her terminal cancer Focusing on the present How an early life tragedy set in motion a search for a worthy and meaningful life His period of "clumsily iterating" An unexpected call from Apple A chance to teach at UC Berkley Starting Life Design at Stanford over a 5-minute lunch Expanding Design Thinking in interesting ways   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [3:06] Living in Paradox [10:37] Early Childhood Driving Forces [12:53] Searching for Direction [20:27] An Unexpected Call  [27:04] Finding Your Vocation [29:48] Life Design Lab [33:28] Step Zero [40:29] The Idea of Coherence [45:40] A Sermon on Choosing Life   EPISODE LINKS Dave's Links 🌍 Designing Your Life 🌍 Stanford Life Design Lab 📺 TEDx Talk  📺 Talk at Google: Designing Your Life  📗 Design Your Life 📘 Design Your Work Life 📣 Twitter: @DaveEvansDYL Other Links 🌍 IDEO 🌍 dSchool at Stanford 📺 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium

TODAY'S GUEST   Alan Lightman is an American writer, physicist and social entrepreneur. He served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, and was the first person at MIT to receive dual faculty appointments in science and in the humanities. Currently, he serves as professor for the practice of the humanities at MIT. In his scientific research, he has made fundamental contributions to the astrophysics of black holes and cosmic radiative processes.   He is the author of numerous books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Einstein's Dreams, an international bestseller, The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction, and his latest book, Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings, where he discusses questions of nothingness and infinity, the mind, and the specialness of life.   Alan's essays and articles have appeared in the Atlantic, Granta, Harper's, Nautilus, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Salon, and many other publications.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we talk about: Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, and living between physics and the humanities. What it was like to study physics at Princeton and Caltech. Working with Richard Feynman. Writing Einstein's Dreams. The connection between physics and spirituality. The topics of entropy and life. The rarity of life. On nothingness and infinity. On the value of wasting time, and many other topics.   This conversation with Alan Lightman is one of a dozen or more upcoming conversations with bestselling authors, thinkers, designers, scientists, and makers who are reimagining our world and experience. So please follow us on your favorite podcasting app, if you haven't already, so that you can make sure you don't miss them.   And now, let's jump right in with Alan Lightman.   TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS   [3:12] Life During COVID [6:40] Early Influences [12:42] On Writing and the Origin of Einstein's Dreams [17:53] A Convergence Between Physics and Spirituality [19:42] The Origin of the Universe [24:40] The Rarity of Life [29:06] A Distinction Between Life and Death [33:26] Nothingness and Infinity [36:39] Finding Meaning in a Multiverse [39:34] The Benefit of Wasting Time [42:33] A Sermon on Disconnection   EPISODE LINKS Alan's Links 🌍 Harpswell Foundation 📘 Einstein's Dreams 📘 Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings 📘 The Diagnosis 📘 In Praise of Wasting Time 📘 The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew 💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile Other Links 📕 "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman 📕 Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 📕 What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger 📕 Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse 🎤 Alain de Botton TED Talk: Atheism 2.0   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com 👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium