How do y'all protect your sense of possibility?

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about optimism, imagination, resilience, cultural technology, escape rooms, and rules. They don’t talk about the endless persistence of existential dread.

references

• A Thousand Miles to the Pink Pony Club
• Traitors
• Dinosaur Island
• Parkitect
• Monument Valley
• Royal Kingdom
• Hollow Night
• Thank Goodness You're Here
• Age of Empires II

What are the important analog activities in an increasingly digital world?

This week, Joey and Jess talk about luddites, handwriting, typewriting, mashing tomatoes, kinetic learning, and carbon dioxide. They don’t talk about Folkways Records.

references

• Taki Taki
• Luddites
• Study: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for the classroom
• Rick Barry

In April, SYLVAIN released an open letter of resistance in response to the chaos of the moment we're in. This is a live reading of that letter, and a reminder that resistance is ongoing.

Too many in our industry have been quiet in the face of injustice and uncertainty. Too many important conversations have been relegated to back channels. So we put pen to paper, naming simple truths that have guided our company and actions for 15 years—and will continue to guide us.

Have a listen or read the open letter at impact.sylvain.co