How To Make Art That Proves People Are Morons and Why I’m Sick Of Your Zoom Face

In this episode, we talk about Zoom fatigue, art for people with more money than sense (maybe), and the technology for unforgeable digital collectibles.

This Episode’s Highlights:

• How being on Zoom all the time messes with your brain — even if you don’t realize it at first
• Digital-only collectibles that sell for such a ridiculous amount of money it might give one of your grandparents a heart attack
• … and a few other interesting bits here and there (no, really)!

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Errata:

• The error: At around 1:18 and 29:50 I made this erroneous statement: referred to Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet as having been “bought” / “sold” for a price of $2.5 million — this is incorrect.
• Here’s the correction: At the time of this episode’s writing and publishing, (1) the tweet had not yet been sold, and (2) the figure of $2.5 million is the current highest bid (up until the the time of this correction here), currently held by Sina Estavi, the CEO of a company called Bridge Oracle.
• Further references: Here’s an article from The Verge that explains it, and here is the bidding page for the tweet’s NFT.

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Time Stamps:

• 00:00 … Episode Preview
• 00:39 … Welcome To The Show
• 01:41 … “Can You Hear Me Now”?
• 02:20 … Everyone is now videoconferencing for everything
• 03:05 … Pandemic Fatigue, Zoom Fatigue, and their very real effects on us, and what we can do about them
• 12:30 … The ZEF (Zoom Fatigue and Exhaustion) Scale and Survey
• 18:15 … Collectibles in the Digital Age
• 19:06 … The story of Banksy’s ‘Morons’
• 20:53 … Digital Art and NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens)
• 22:18 … What is an NFT? Explaining Non Fungible Tokens
• 25:07 … Digital is the future of collectibles
• 26:41 … What can you turn into an NFT? Examples of high-value NFTs
• 30:08 … Featured Track
• 30:40 … Episode wrap-up, the secret link, and a parting thought from Pablo Picasso

Episode Highlight: Banksy’s Morons ⚡

A Certified Original Banksy is Physically Destroyed, Then Turned Into a one-of-a-kind Digital Work of Art

Other NFTs That Have Sold For A Lot of Money:

• Grimes made $5.8 million in under 20 minutes selling crypto-based artwork
• Jack Dorsey’s Very First Tweet Auctioned as NFT, Current Highest Bid Is $2.5 Million USD
• Beeple’s “The First 5,000 Days”

Key Links 🔑

• Pandemic Fatigue | Zoom Fatigue | Cognitive Load
• STUDY: Nonverbal Overload: A Theoretical Argument for the Causes of Zoom Fatigue
• Stanford News Article | Stanford University | Virtual Human Interaction Lab
• ZEF Scale Survey
• Banksy | Morons | Vincent Van Gogh | Sunflowers | Émile Schuffenecker
• Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) | Blockchain Technology | OpenSea
• Grimes | Elon Musk
• Beeple | Christie’s London

Secret Link 🕵️‍♂️

The very first video of this then-soon-to-be Internet legend. 😺

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