# 111: With Great Power

- Show: [Thoroughly Considered](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered)
- Published: 2024-05-01
- Length: 48m
- Episode: 111
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power
- Listen: http://relay.fm/tc/111

## Summary

Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt of Studio Neat provide an update on the production of their product, the Keen, discussing the challenges of tolerances and assembly. They then engage in a deep discussion about the ethics of product reviews, specifically analyzing the backlash against the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 for launching unfinished hardware with polished industrial design. The hosts debate the responsibility of influential reviewers like Marques Brownlee and the importance of context and shared values in evaluating tech products.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power#t=7) Introduction and Keen Production Update
- [1:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power#t=92) Keen Manufacturing and Tolerances
- [7:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power#t=437) Ethics of Reviewing Unfinished Hardware
- [11:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power#t=704) Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 Critique
- [17:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power#t=1054) Reviewer Responsibility and Marques Brownlee
- [29:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power#t=1755) Studio Neat's Approach to Reviews and Context
- [39:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-05-01-111-with-great-power#t=2352) The Power of Scores and Shared Context

## Topics

- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Studio Neat (company)
- Keen (product)
- Mark One (product)
- Humane AI Pin (product)
- Rabbit R1 (product)
- Marques Brownlee (other)
- Teenage Engineering (company)
- John Gruber (other)
- Daring Fireball (other)
- Pitchfork (other)
- Board Game Geek (other)
- Rotten Tomatoes (other)

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