Simon and Lee talk about the size of circles of friends, and being properly in the world. Free tangents included. Send no money.
Some other details from the episode: Lee is by himself during the week and gets some space for reflection; Apple Vision Pro; extended/mixed reality; Lee sucks his teeth about AVP; different kinds of reality; George Clooney in ER; video passthrough; Apple Inc.; Simon being happy for Lee and his professorship; being on our way to XR contact lenses; most in and of the world through craft; how many people one ought to be in contact with; getting lost in sourdough blogs; solitude and loneliness; friendship but not to do with healthy; Merton Bakery supplying a Leamington Spa cafe; being a perfectionist; Lee having so little contact with people; the word frolleague (again); Lee's ability to cast people off (again) and not requiring an interim layer of friendship; neoligisms; being guarded about making friends with colleagues (and that division); the future regarding falling out; Lee painting himself as binary when he is very elastic; coefficient of restitution; being people pleasers.
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