Kanye West opens up about his vision for the future in a new interview. The “Donda” musician spoke with Alo Yoga’s CEO and co-founder Danny Harris for the sportswear brand’s podcast “Mind Full” about his upcoming projects along with his strong views about stairs.
West was big on designing for the future, rather than designing for the present. READ MORE: Pete Davidson Copies Kanye West’s Met Gala Look For The Emmys “We haven’t designed our world up to this point to maximize our existence on this planet as a species,” he explained. “I’m really big on outlawing stairs.
We can have up-ramps but not up-stairs. Everything should be designed like an old-folks home. If we’re lucky, we’ll all turn to old-folks.
Why, while we’re in the position of power to determine what the world looks like and how it functions, are we all selfishly designing and not considering how it should be in the future?” The 45-year-old also believed that in the future humanity would move towards a speechless method of communication. READ MORE: Kanye West Says Queen Elizabeth II’s Death Inspired Him To ‘Release All Grudges’ He compared the new language to the way the character Yoda from “Star Wars” spoke, only using words they “absolutely need”. “We had this one moment earlier, where Danny asked me about the fabrics and I didn’t even have to say a word,” he recalled. “We were communicating with a head nod, like straight Jedi.” While West believed language would evolve wordlessly, he still admitted he was a big fan of speech and even claimed he preferred it over reading. “I actually haven’t read any book,” he stated. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me.
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