Swipe for Freedom

Alec, my friend, mentor, and the Founder of OpenClass, joins me on Swipe for Freedom to share his perspective on digital minimalism. 0:00 - New podcasting studio? 1:42 - Alec’s intro 7:00 - “Working” 9:00 - Work-life balance 14:33 - Social media is net-negative 21:35 - Cleaning out your social media can offend some people 23:18 - It’s hard to power off 28:00 - Phones at dinner 29:54 - The iPhone is too good 32:47 - Managing screen-time & building a software startup 34:47 - Any app can be addictive 36:30 - The digital divide in education 43:30 - Public Benefit Corp 44:50 - AI ethics 45:50 - Tech tries to be too cute 48:28 - Handwrite your notes! Thanks for listening!

Simeon, my friend and the Head of Engineering at Speechify, joins me on the first episode of Swipe for Freedom to share his perspective on Digital Minimalism.  0:50 - Simeon's Background 5:20 - Creating Value 8:58 - Market Forces 24:40 - Internal Drive 33:50 - External Applications 38:10 - Managing Developers 40:12 - Machine Learning 43:13 - Speechify 48:10 - My Goal for this Podcast 49:10 - Book/App Suggestions from Simeon Thanks for listening!