Genius of the Commons

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[00:02:04] - [First question] - Having a vision to work with computers in the second grade

[00:05:14] - Going from a child computer coder and starting an indie record label

[00:07:00] - Working in a big music studio in the midst of the streaming and digital revolution 

[00:09:22] - The road leading from Omni to Arkive 

[00:13:02] - A high level sketch of Akrive and what their mission is  

[00:14:17] - Finding pieces to fill this new approach to curating a museum 

[00:16:15] - Who can become a member and vote for what makes it into the museum

[00:18:55] - Community owned capital and community owned assets 

[00:21:07] - How members can earn their Arkive points 

[00:22:30] - Mechanics of voting and the curation community decisions

[00:26:14] - Sourcing items of the caliber able to excite their participants  

[00:27:49] - How they approach pricing and valuation for art and collectibles

[00:29:48] - What it was like to hold the ENIAC patent for the first time

[00:32:24] - Making sure items purchased can be seen by the public 

[00:34:58] - Whether or not they plan to step outside of the viewable museum model 

[00:37:09] - Plans to make fractional ownership and private investing possible 

[00:39:09] - Advertising that they’re hiring on-chain pricing oracles

[00:41:45] - The likelihood of liquidity in light of exclusivity 

[00:42:45] - Building out their own infrastructure and tools 

[00:45:17] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years