Reality Maximalism, Small Data, and Urbit with Josh Lehman

Josh is the executive director of the Urbit Foundation. Previously, he was the Chief Product Officer at Tlon, which is the primary developer of Urbit.
Outline
(00:00:00) Sizzler
(00:00:54) Introduction
(00:01:27) What is Urbit?
(00:10:02) A new networked computing architecture
(00:16:26) How does Urbit "feel" different?
(00:21:49) There's always someone listening on the old web
(00:24:35) Identity on Urbit
(00:36:53) What's on Urbit right now?
(00:41:34) Friction in software is...good?
(00:44:33) How will Urbit fit with the existing internet?
(00:50:23) How Josh thinks about the role of technology in his own family life
(00:58:16) Calm computing
(01:02:08) The attention economy is an accident of architectural design
(01:07:59) The metaverse
(01:17:04) Josh's healthy tech habits
(01:24:54) Is there going to be a case for reality in the future?
(01:32:42) Connecting with Josh, Assembly 2022, and what's next for the Urbit Foundation
Episode links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlehman_
Understanding Urbit: https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit
Convivial Networks: https://urbit.org/blog/convivial-networks
Assembly '22: http://assembly.urbit.org
Bring your kid back to reality: https://virgils.io