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Erik: What draws you to practical problem solving versus theoretical problem solving?
Lauren: Because I like making stuff. If I can’t make something that at least addresses
the problem at hand, then it – I don’t feel closure. And I think that there are people
that are the opposite that really could talk about it all day, and like writing about it,
and like teaching about it, and I don’t feel that way. It’s kind of like the same
thing with my garden. I joined a CSA, and then I realized, you know, I have to start
making this stuff too, to be consuming it, and I have to understand like the process
of making it. It’s the same, I think, that I realized that there’s an opportunity for
something, and I wanna do something, and not necessarily that I’m the best to do it either.
And sometimes it means communicating to somebody else who I know is gonna do a better job,
right? But I think that that’s a fundamental shift. It’s less talking about – we can
talk about the problem all day. We can talk about potential solutions all day. But until
somebody makes something, it’s not real.