Welcome to The Kurty D Show, a podcast presenting unique perspectives shaping the world. Each week will showcase conversations and stories of personal fulfillment and overcoming what life throws your way. Today, Kurt welcomes to the show Tyler Crowley. Tyler is one of the smartest, most connected, and under-the-radar operators in the tech sector. Tyler is also the host of "Tech News around the World", a community on Clubhouse where tech experts from across the US, EU, ASIA, & MENA regions share local perspectives and invite industry insiders to discover the truth behind the headlines. In this episode, Kurt and Tyler talk about some of the most intriguing trends in technology and how they impact society. Tyler speaks bluntly about the threats that genetic engineering poses to our way of life, the impact of major companies choosing to autotomize their factories, and the need for us to break away from domestication in the near future. Kurt and Tyler dive deep and discuss Tyler’s work building tech communities in Los Angeles, Stockholm, & Clubhouse and some of the challenges Tyler has faced throughout his life. Finally, Tyler tells some awesome stories about his time touring as a musician.
What we covered:
01:43 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Tyler Crowley, who speaks to his background as a musician and the decision to pursue a career in tech
10:19 – Tyler expounds on his academic background and some of the projects he worked on while studying
15:22 – Tyler speaks to the genius of his colleague Jason Calacanis and how they initially started collaborating together
27:02 – How the Swedish government hired Tyler to build a tech community
43:14 – Buying a resort in Thailand and the threat of genetic engineering
51:41 – Best practices for preparing for some of society’s challenges on the horizon
1:03:08 – The issue with Amazon autotomizing their factories
1:08:57 – Tyler speaks to the community he built on Clubhouse, Tech News around the World
1:17:09 – Tyler opens up about the hardest challenges he’s had to overcome throughout his life
1:21:54 – The best boss Tyler ever had, an unknown fact about Tyler and the one band he would go see play live if he could
1:27:41 – Kurt thanks Tyler for joining the show and let’s listeners know where they can connect with him and how they can be of service to Tyler
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Tweetable Quotes:
“I thought I want to engage the politicians and use the engineering community that I’ve brought together at my events to try and focus on making solutions for problems like water and food and energy and the global problems. In trying to bring together these ministers and NGOs and foundations and UN-types, I learned that in doing these events, I familiarized myself with just how bureaucratic and ensnared in red tape all of those folks are.”
“Do you think people in Beijing knew what was going on in America under Trump and the essence of the nuance of the American political system? They do not. Do you think Americans know what’s going on in Venezuela and the essence of what’s happening in the Middle East? You cannot. You need to be deeply engaged in the culture to know what’s really going on.”
“You look at how society is already stressing under the weight of social media. Social media is kindergarten compared to the genetic revolution that we’re about to go through. If you think society is unraveling because of social media, wait until you see what happens when we have genetic engineering and militarized swarms of hundred-dollar drones.”
“It’s very difficult to achieve meaningful success, by society’s standards, independently with zero employees, with zero partners, with zero clients.”
“I wasn’t trying to climb a corporate ladder because I wasn’t on the ladder before that and I wasn’t ever gonna be on the ladder after that. And I knew that because I’m not a corporate-type person.”
Links Mentioned:
Tech News around the World Twitter