#why we make

[krista-venka]

I think it's a kind of essential psychological and emotional struggle for human beings - who we are, who we think we are, who we want to be, versus who we are, who we're becoming. And it's not like it goes away. Relationships change, life changes, and even as we mature and think we're kind of in our lives, you know, which of course we are, but we think - 'this is how it's always gonna be,' but [it's a lifetime struggle].

Noah Baumbach

[phoebewahl]

Why We Make

I was interviewed by Carly Ayres  for her project Why We Make a while back! I am honored to be chosen and it was really fun answering her questions. Carly's passion for the project, and the enormous amount of work she put into it is evident in the beautiful website, which is an amazing little archive of interviews with all types of artists, all about why we create. Thank you so much Carly! My page is HERE.

[why-we-make]

"Machines are becoming devastatedly capable of things like killing. Those machines have no place for empathy and there are billions of dollars being spent on that. Sharacter robotics could plant the seed for robots that actually have empathy." —David Hanson I had an excellent conversation with David Hanson today, the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics — a company that aims to create robots as socially adept as any human being. David has some fantastic thoughts on what it means to make, and what drives him to create, particularly to create AI that can create itself. The ethical dilemma to that was a very interesting vein of thought, but, at the end of the day, David said he what compelled him to create wasn't the affirmation (although the affirmation of others was what initially set him on that route, and that affirmation is what continues to bring in the funding that allows him to make), rather, an innate compulsion. As nature makes, so do we as a product of nature. Above is David's TEDtalk from 2009 where he exhibits robots that "show emotion."

[theindiepool]

Thank you, Adam Savage. Also, I want your hat. 

[pandarkalam]

Adam Savage's Maker Faire 2012 Talk: Why We Make

[adreameroftheday]

Adam Savage's Maker Faire 2012 Talk: Why We Make (by testedcom)