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EPISODE · Jan 25, 2026 · 8 MIN

Being clever versus being usable

from Polymathic · host Paul Welty

I spent part of today watching a game fall apart in my hands. Not because it was broken—technically everything worked fine. It fell apart because I'd confused being clever with being usable.

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I spent part of today watching a game fall apart in my hands. Not because it was broken—technically everything worked fine. It fell apart because I'd confused being clever with being usable.

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