Spencer Bailey
6/8/20261 hr 26 min
Spencer Bailey is a writer, editor, and cultural journalist whose work explores the intersections of design, architecture, memory, and human experience. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Slowdown, host of Time Sensitive, and former editor-in-chief of Surface. He reflects on surviving a plane crash, growing up without his mother, the role storytelling has played in understanding his own life, and why slowing down may be essential in a culture obsessed with speed.
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First 90 secondsSpencer Bailey· Guest0:01
We're now all on like a McDonald's fast food diet when it comes to our media consumption. I see a future where people are gonna want to return to what I would call slow food for media.
Speaker 20:17
[Instrumental music] From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman. On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on. On this episode, a conversation with Spencer Bailey about why and how to slow down in the age of social media and personal optimization.
Spencer Bailey· Guest0:45
I want people to feel like they can make space for inefficiency.
Speaker 30:50
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Debbie Millman· Host1:24
This episode is sponsored by Kohler