How can we use technology to amplify our lives rather than drain them? I traveled to Switzerland to reconnect with my old roommate to discuss this very important question on my quest for gumption.

Check out this episode with engineer Islam El Ashi, as he takes us on his journey from optimizing ads for Twitter to using his abilities to help Syrian refugees, send a camera into the stratosphere, and now to help build the world's biggest internet computer blockchain.

His perspective will get you thinking about your everyday life and relationship with technology from a lens that will help you amplify your gumption versus letting tech drain it.

• How to distinguish between technology that amplifies your life versus replacing it
• Why the barriers between us and understanding technology are often self-imposed
• The unexpected innovation that emerges when necessity meets limited resources
• How experimentation with technology can create moments of profound joy and connection
• Why "breaking things open" to understand them builds confidence and capability
• Simple ways to reclaim your relationship with technology starting today

Islam El Ashi is a Palestinian-Canadian tech engineer who formerly worked in ad tech before embarking on a journey of self-discovery to redefine his relationship with technology. After working with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, sending a GoPro camera to the stratosphere, and conducting numerous experiments, he now works at DFINITY in Switzerland on the internet computer blockchain, while maintaining a thoughtful and intentional relationship with the technology in his life.

• Islam's Space Balloon Project | YouTube
• In Search of Gumption | Omar Shaker's Substack

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