ALEXANDER WATANABE | Interactive Art, Blockchain Archivality & Leaving The Cardano Bubble

What if you could interact with art through a completely new medium? In Conversation #97, Alex and I discuss: why going to the gym is like levelling up in a game, how he plans to create onchain code using Ethereum that will be durable, how art can be manipulated & destroyed, the folly of arguing on the internet and why he's fallen out of love with Cardano. Have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world & don't forget to boost! Timeline: (0:00) - Intro (0:18) - Alex wants to get strong (5:27) - Everyone is a gamer (13:35) - Using a blockchain for art archivality (20:22) - Executable code that run onchain (26:47) - Audience interaction with the art/medium (33:10) - How not_v2 will be interactive (41:30) - Picking what you want (49:39) - Grimes AI voice (52:59) - AI artists are the coders (not the prompters) (1:00:14) - Swimming is all the same sport (1:03:15) - Literature is the purest art form (1:10:59) - Shirtless book reviews & Natural Hypertrophy (1:12:48) - Moving Unsigs to Ethereum (1:20:32) - Cropping paintings & forgeries (1:25:51) - Arguing on Twitter is dumb (1:31:17) - Personification on the internet (1:36:12) - Real world gets you out of a bubble (1:41:33) - Problems: We're not limited by the tech (1:51:13) - Cardano is a small uncreative fish (1:57:25) - Life in Portugal (2:02:13) - Where to argue with Alex Alex's Links: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/monad_alexander Unsigs: https://www.unsigs.com/ Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcast Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast Support the show