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# 006: 'Doomed to Fail', with Bill Allen
- URL: https://www.trxl.co/006/
- Published: 2020-07-14T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-13T12:42:56.000Z
- Description: A conversation with Bill Allen.
- Author: Evan Troxel
- Tags: Generative Design, AEC Community, AEC Industry, Computational Design, Work Life Balance, Bill Allen, #sqs, #Import-podcast, TRXL Podcast, #ghost-concierge-2

Special guest Bill Allen joins the podcast to talk about whether or not generative design is 'doomed to fail', maximizing versus optimizing, work/life balance, personal hacks, reading suggestions, and more.

### **Links**

- [Generative Design is Doomed to Fail](https://www.danieldavis.com/generative-design-doomed-to-fail/) by Daniel Davis
- [Is Generative Design Doomed to Fail?](https://www.evolvelab.io/post/is-generative-design-doomed-to-fail) By Bill Allen
- Autodesk’s [Project Refinery](https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/refinery-beta) and their [Generative Design Primer](https://www.generativedesign.org/)
- [Betteridge’s law of headlines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s%5Flaw%5Fof%5Fheadlines)
- [Hypar](http://hypar.io)
- [TestFit](http://testfit.io)
- [Galapagos Evolutionary Solver](https://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/galapagos)
- [You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with](https://medium.com/the-polymath-project/you-are-the-average-of-the-five-people-you-spend-the-most-time-with-a2ea32d08c72)
- [You’re NOT The Average Of The Five People You Surround Yourself With](https://medium.com/the-mission/youre-not-the-average-of-the-five-people-you-surround-yourself-with-f21b817f6e69)
- [Insight Timer app](https://insighttimer.com/) for meditation
- [Disrupt You](https://bookshop.org/books/disrupt-you-master-personal-transformation-seize-opportunity-and-thrive-in-the-era-of-endless-innovation/9781250059376) by Jay Samit
- [The 4-Hour Workweek](https://amzn.to/31scyYi) by Tim Ferriss
- [The 360 Degree Leader](https://amzn.to/2ZnWqVk) by John C. Maxwell