Alexander Watanabe is an artist, coder, architect and co-creator of the 'The Perfect NFT' on the Cardano blockchain.

In Conversation #85, Alexander and I discuss: why Alex might has a more cynical disposition to NFT's, Sam Bankman-Fried and effective altruism, fun stories from travelling around the world, the cultural critique he is doing with The Perfect NFT and some tips for coding/handstands.

Hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world, Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro to Alex
(0:37) - Kompact.io pivot
(3:16) - The Guchi experiment
(8:00) - Naïve optimism & MLM
(13:48) - Gift reciprocity
(17:57) - Altruism: You're screwed no matter what
(21:55) - Problems with charity
(28:22) - Too many people in groups
(34:30) - Gem hunting & bogged cars
(37:13) - Childhood stealing stories & being skint
(41:53) - Travel & not fitting in
(48:56) - Misspelling names
(52:02) - Artisitic decisions
(57:05) - The Perfect NFT
(1:02:07) - The underlying rules
(1:06:54) - Art is a discourse/history
(1:13:33) - Books & reinvention
(1:18:22) - New mediums & immutability
(1:25:44) - How the mint works
(1:32:37) - People interacting as an orchestra
(1:44:08) - Peak NFT
(1:47:01) - On chain & on Cardano
(1:53:14) - Python vs language learning
(2:01:39) - Automate the boring stuff
(2:08:18) - Lifting weights again
(2:12:02) - Strength as a skill
(2:21:15) - We're just monkeys
(2:22:56) - Closing up
 

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