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Show Notes

Beeple is Mike Winkelmann.

Christies: Beeple | The First 5000 Days.

Beeple’s opus.

We Regret to Inform You That Grimes Just Sold $5.8 Million Worth of Her NFT Crypto Art in Less Than 20 Minutes.

Nike now holds patent for blockchain-based sneakers called ‘CryptoKicks.’

NBA Top Shot.

Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.

Facebook Usernames are LIVE: 200,000 Usernames in 3 Minutes.

Lawrence Weiner, Statements.

Robert C. Morgan.

Ethereum.

Bitcoin’s wild ride renews worries about its massive carbon footprint.

Nevada Enacts New Blockchain Laws.

In Nevada desert, Blockchains LLC aims to be its own municipal government.

Facebook’s Libra currency to launch next year in limited format.

Understanding China's Digital Yuan.

The controversy over cut-out records in the 1960s.

Blitzchung controversy.

Blizzard Reinstates Hong Kong Gamer’s Prize but Reaffirms Censure of His Speech.

The raging controversy over the NBA, China, and the Hong Kong protests, explained.

Metaverse.

Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious.

“If I made potato chips and put them in a can, people would say I was ripping off Pringles,” he said. “But what if I put them in a bag?”

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Clubhouse.

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SVA Masters in Branding program.

Music courtesy of Mikel Rouse.

Dr. Tom Guarriello.

Mark Kingsley.