Ep. 93: NFTs and the art of the future. | Michael Maizels

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There has been a tremendous amount of chatter over the past year about NFTs--how they're a scam, how they'll usher in a new era of democratized web3 for the entire planet, and everything in between. Tonight we're joined by someone with an unusual background who is unusually well-placed to help us get to the bottom of this. Michael Maizels is a former professor of art history who made the somewhat non-traditional pivot into crypto. He is now the head of research at Abra, where he works on subjects like bitcoin mining and climate change and the security vulnerabilities of blockchain bridges.

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Pairs Well With

• This discussion with Dr. Scott Ruoti on the uses of the blockchain.
• Vance Crowe's fascinating thoughts on culture and narrative engineering.  
• Our older interview with Corey Hoffstein on flipping NFTs and trading crypto. 

Key Moments

• Cryptocurrencies are the basic units of a new internet.
• What is art? (An art historian answers)
• How will NFTs change art in the future?
• What is the power of an NFT?
• Soul-bound tokens and techno-Georgism.
• Building a 'reality oracle' on the blockchain.