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Adrian Hanft
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Dec 30, 2022

Celebrity Quiz: Which Looney Tunes Character Are You?

Dear friend, I have a fun test for you today. You know those “find out which celebrity you are most like” quizzes? What if instead of clickbait, a questionnaire could uncover a profound realization about who you are and what you were put on Earth to do? Challenge accepted. Answer the following questions to find out which Looney Tunes character you are…

Looney Tunes

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Celebrity Quiz: Which Looney Tunes Character Are You?
Celebrity Quiz: Which Looney Tunes Character Are You?
Looney Tunes

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Dec 6, 2022

Driving Conformity

Enter the wind tunnel (User Zero, Chapter 13) — **Author’s Note: The following story is Chapter 13 in my book, User Zero. The images I created for this story have gone viral, generating millions of impressions without any attribution to me. I’m not complaining, that’s how things go online. But will you do me a favor? If you see…

Design

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Driving Conformity
Driving Conformity
Design

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Sep 27, 2021

What to do if an artist gives you an NFT

A guide for how to create a digital wallet and an OpenSea account to start collecting NFTs — I recently gave away 100 NFTs to my friends and fans. Most of these patrons had no experience with NFTs, which is great. This is a great opportunity for me to expose people to NFTs and the exciting ideas that are unlocked by this new technology. It’s can also be…

Ethereum

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What to do if an artist gives you an NFT
What to do if an artist gives you an NFT
Ethereum

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Sep 26, 2021

Art my fans already own has increased in value 1–100x because I connected it to the blockchain as NFTs

Plus a thought experiment: Could you increase the value of NFTs by burning the physical art? — Hello, friends. I have a thought experiment for you today. About 97 of you received a postcard in the mail from me. I am going to try to increase the value of that art from hundreds of miles away through the power of ideas… (The art I am talking about…

Nft

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Art my fans already own has increased in value 1–100x because I connected it to the blockchain as…
Art my fans already own has increased in value 1–100x because I connected it to the blockchain as…
Nft

9 min read


Sep 11, 2021

Think like a grasshopper

and reclaim that overused buzzword, “pivot.” — Dear friend, The paths I run cut right through grasslands, interrupting the habitat of bugs that weren’t built for sidewalks. The pavement is caked with the carcasses of grasshoppers who failed to escape the treads of running shoes and tires. From ground level it must feel like a post-apocalyptic wasteland…

Career Advice

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Think like a grasshopper
Think like a grasshopper
Career Advice

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Apr 2, 2021

How to Build a Digital Polaroid Camera

Receipt printer + Nintendo controller + E-ink display + Raspberry Pi —

Polaroid

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How to Build a Digital Polaroid Camera
How to Build a Digital Polaroid Camera
Polaroid

22 min read


Mar 14, 2021

Unexpected moments of synchrony hiding in blizzard runs

Running in a blizzard is about as miserable as it sounds. The snow is pelting you in the face, the ground is getting slick, and the wind cuts through your dampening gear. But not always. There is a magic moment hidden in the blizzard that you’ll experience if you stick…

Running

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Unexpected moments of synchrony hiding in blizzard runs
Unexpected moments of synchrony hiding in blizzard runs
Running

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·Dec 7, 2020

Book cover exploder

Embarrassing designs, 100+ inspiring images, and the complete story of how I fired myself over and over until my book cover was finished — Today I am going to take you on a trip inside the design process for the cover of User Zero. …

Self Publishing

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Book cover exploder
Book cover exploder
Self Publishing

21 min read


Nov 23, 2020

The 2020 Simulator

A How-To Guide for Editing the Simulation — Note: The following letter is a sample of my weekly email to friends. It’s free to sign up and new subscribers get Art of the Living Dead for free just for subscribing. Dear friend, Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer…

Simulation Hypothesis

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The 2020 Simulator
The 2020 Simulator
Simulation Hypothesis

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Sep 21, 2020

The Invisible Golden Age

How 2020 is breaking the permanence illusion — “We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” — Buckminster Fuller This might be the most optimistic view of the pandemic, maybe even life in general, that you will ever read. Sure, I have my bad days, but this isn’t one of them…

Pandemic

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The Invisible Golden Age
The Invisible Golden Age
Pandemic

13 min read

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Author of User Zero: Inside the Tool that is Reshaping Dystopia

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