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After rising to YouTube fame with her DIY gizmos, the "Queen of Shitty Robots" @SimoneGiertz renounced her crown. Here’s why, in her own words, she decided to confront perfectionism and start anew—while doctors try to destroy the tumor in her head 1/ wired.trib.al/2TxkLik
Why she’s saying sayonara to shitty robots:

“One of the things that I’ve been trying to figure out is: Was building shitty robots in some way a method for me to minimize myself, to make myself smaller?" 2/ wired.trib.al/2TxkLik
On accepting her flaws and embracing grand designs like Truckla, the Tesla Model 3 she turned into a pickup:

“There are so many things that are amazing that are not perfect. And there are so many things that are perfect that are fucking boring.” 3/ wired.trib.al/2TxkLik
How her brain tumor, which she calls Brian, has changed her life:

“When you’re young and reckless, you think you’re never going to need people. But that was the first time in my life I’ve really, genuinely needed people.” 4/ wired.trib.al/2TxkLik
Why she’s now obsessed with making a TV show in space:

“I started studying physics because I wanted to be an astronaut. Now I want to show a flawed human going to space.” 5/ wired.trib.al/2TxkLik
Read our new cover story on Simone Giertz: 6/ wired.trib.al/2TxkLik
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