DP: Dude, I love Theo Von. He is my single biggest inspiration for interviews. My friend, Brie Wolfson showed me that in the world of cooking, the most high-end chefs at 11 Madison or French Laundry, after the day is done, they’ll like to have Cheetos or something. Like the bell curve meme of high and low. And I think it’s really nice when you have... See more

What is lost when a process becomes automated? When we curb the act of figuring, that is to say, ‘creating linkages, adjacencies, and intersections’3? When we stop grappling with an idea, teasing out its knots, allowing its unravelling to lead us somewhere unexpected? It’s not that we don’t get the need for a long-term vision in some form. But more... See more

It isn’t always easy to get a laugh. The ability to evoke this simplest of human responses—laughter in another person—can require not only an intuitive grasp of language (from puns to slips of the tongue), but a deep knowledge of shared cultural contexts and conventions, to say nothing of a good sense of timing. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise... See more