Anjan Katta

it's it's simply technologists just optimizing something for the sake of optimization right it's it has no soul it's lost that early bicycle for the mind that what computing was early in the days which was this making you the best versions of yourself instead it just got into this object rat race of dissociation of this productivity thing that at the cost of everything else tries to promise you productivity um and finally

it's it's simply technologists just optimizing something for the sake of optimization right it's it has no soul it's lost that early bicycle for the mind that what computing was early in the days which was this making you the best versions of yourself instead it just got into this object rat race of dissociation of this productivity thing that at the cost of everything else tries to promise you productivity um and finally

it's it's simply technologists just optimizing something for the sake of optimization right it's it has no soul it's lost that early bicycle for the mind that what computing was early in the days which was this making you the best versions of yourself instead it just got into this object rat race of dissociation of this productivity thing that at the cost of everything else tries to promise you productivity um and finally

My whole journey to this was seeing the way that impacted my life. I'm super ADHD, and I just felt like an idiot all the time on a computer. I would intend to do something, and next thing you know, I'm scrolling on ESPN. I have 200 tabs open, if not more. I just keep beating myself up. Like, why are you not getting done what you need to get done? I'd stay up late. My eyes would hurt.

My whole journey to this was seeing the way that impacted my life. I'm super ADHD, and I just felt like an idiot all the time on a computer. I would intend to do something, and next thing you know, I'm scrolling on ESPN. I have 200 tabs open, if not more. I just keep beating myself up. Like, why are you not getting done what you need to get done? I'd stay up late. My eyes would hurt.

My whole journey to this was seeing the way that impacted my life. I'm super ADHD, and I just felt like an idiot all the time on a computer. I would intend to do something, and next thing you know, I'm scrolling on ESPN. I have 200 tabs open, if not more. I just keep beating myself up. Like, why are you not getting done what you need to get done? I'd stay up late. My eyes would hurt.

My sleep was screwed up. We know, I guess we're going to get into it, but all the ways that blue light can really affect you at your nervous system level, your physical health, your sleep, your mental health. And I was like, wait, this thing is my, it's my main relationship to the world. This is the thing I use for the most amount of hours per day. And it makes me feel like crap.

My sleep was screwed up. We know, I guess we're going to get into it, but all the ways that blue light can really affect you at your nervous system level, your physical health, your sleep, your mental health. And I was like, wait, this thing is my, it's my main relationship to the world. This is the thing I use for the most amount of hours per day. And it makes me feel like crap.

My sleep was screwed up. We know, I guess we're going to get into it, but all the ways that blue light can really affect you at your nervous system level, your physical health, your sleep, your mental health. And I was like, wait, this thing is my, it's my main relationship to the world. This is the thing I use for the most amount of hours per day. And it makes me feel like crap.

And it doesn't help me be the best version of myself. I kind of feel like the worst version of myself. And so, at a certain point, I... I was struggling so much. I was deeply depressed. I kind of lived a life where I was just living in my parents' basement and there was no sun, just surrounded by screens and blue light all day.

And it doesn't help me be the best version of myself. I kind of feel like the worst version of myself. And so, at a certain point, I... I was struggling so much. I was deeply depressed. I kind of lived a life where I was just living in my parents' basement and there was no sun, just surrounded by screens and blue light all day.

And it doesn't help me be the best version of myself. I kind of feel like the worst version of myself. And so, at a certain point, I... I was struggling so much. I was deeply depressed. I kind of lived a life where I was just living in my parents' basement and there was no sun, just surrounded by screens and blue light all day.

And it just got to the point where I just said, I can't do this anymore. Previous to that, I was in Silicon Valley. I came there. hoping, you know, this spirit of computing that we could help people's lives. And holy crap, what's the actual reality when you get there is far different than, you know, the picture sold to you. And so just it all kind of came crashing down.

And it just got to the point where I just said, I can't do this anymore. Previous to that, I was in Silicon Valley. I came there. hoping, you know, this spirit of computing that we could help people's lives. And holy crap, what's the actual reality when you get there is far different than, you know, the picture sold to you. And so just it all kind of came crashing down.

And it just got to the point where I just said, I can't do this anymore. Previous to that, I was in Silicon Valley. I came there. hoping, you know, this spirit of computing that we could help people's lives. And holy crap, what's the actual reality when you get there is far different than, you know, the picture sold to you. And so just it all kind of came crashing down.

And I just said, okay, let's declare bankruptcy on computing. If we were to start again, and this time start with the human in mind, what could it look like? And everything else that I then pursued was just really exploring the possibility of redoing computing. And for me, if there's anything I've learned is the basis for so much health is light. The basis for everything else is light.

And I just said, okay, let's declare bankruptcy on computing. If we were to start again, and this time start with the human in mind, what could it look like? And everything else that I then pursued was just really exploring the possibility of redoing computing. And for me, if there's anything I've learned is the basis for so much health is light. The basis for everything else is light.

And I just said, okay, let's declare bankruptcy on computing. If we were to start again, and this time start with the human in mind, what could it look like? And everything else that I then pursued was just really exploring the possibility of redoing computing. And for me, if there's anything I've learned is the basis for so much health is light. The basis for everything else is light.

And so if you want to reimagine computing to now be healthier, to now be holistic, to now be wholesome, you got to start with light. And that's where I wanted to make something where how can you make a computer that respects light circadian rhythms? How does it actually not produce junk light? How does it not produce blue light? How can it be used outside in the sun?

And so if you want to reimagine computing to now be healthier, to now be holistic, to now be wholesome, you got to start with light. And that's where I wanted to make something where how can you make a computer that respects light circadian rhythms? How does it actually not produce junk light? How does it not produce blue light? How can it be used outside in the sun?