Don't fear boredom - disconnecting frees our creativity! | Kaiwei Tang | TEDxYouth@HCCS

Kai created a minimalist phone, to help us stop swiping and find time to enjoy quiet pleasures and the human company right next to us. He believes that boredom is not a prison of frustration; it is a blank canvas of unlimited possibility. Solitude is the source of creativity.

You come up with the best ideas when you're showering. When kids gets bored, they come up with the most interesting, weird, and funny games to play. Great art is created because you're sitting alone in your room, trying to express your emotions - instead of mindlessly busy-swiping our phones. Kai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Light. His Light Phone is leading a grass-root revolution against our over-connected digital culture. Light was born as a refreshing alternative to the tech monopolies that are fighting more and more aggressively for our time and attention. Kai believes that the right tool can empower us to be our best selves and appreciate our lives more.

His unique background and a decade of experience in tech, design and human centered research led him to the creation of Light and Light Phone. His designs have since won several awards from iF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, Design NYC, etc. In 2014, Google invited him to participate in their inaugural design incubator in NYC. He is also the only designer who received full sponsorship from Google.

Since founded in 2014, his company Light has received more than 3000+ press coverages globally and The Light Phone has sold to 71 different countries. He has also received more than $10 million USD investment. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx