Indy Johar on The boring revolution humanity needs most

Since 2011, anyone could have downloaded a free, open-source house design, cut out the parts and put it together themselves. So why is building a new home still so hard?

In this conversation, architect Indy Johar, founder of Dark Matter Labs, explains why he moved from designing buildings to rewriting the hidden rules behind them. He argues that the real barriers to housing aren’t the houses themselves, but things like warranties and land: move the same building to Siberia, and it’s worth nothing. He also makes the case for a different kind of AI, one that questions us instead of handing us certainty.