@epr.eth

Hey, I’m Eric - Artist, Designer, Technologist. Dog lover (cat agnostic). New Jersey born and raised - ADHD, INFP, w/ strong pattern recognition + highly developed emotional intelligence. - “creative technologist” best defines my skillset best, but mostly driven by curiosity - thrives in ambiguous fast-paced R&D and innovation environments - recharges by being w/ family, reading nonfiction, learning new things, or watching spy, sci-fi, or college football. My crypto roots are modest, but my influence runs deep. Get to know me $BETR... - on CT since '18 as Second Realm (14.7k, x.com/secondrealm) - pioneered Trash Art in '20, the movement @xcopy.eth cites as a reason for going CC0 - launched $TATR in '20, an early SocialFi experiment - created Unofficial Punks in Feb '21, featured in @seanbonner.eth’s PUNKS: NOT DED, and progenitor of the largest decentralized art movement, AltPunks. - ☝🏼 all was anti-establishment before Jun '21, then it quickly became THE culture. - timeline of my work in the space → epr.art Pre-crypto... - 15 yrs in experience design w/ global tech, sports, and publishing brands. - Worked in NYC for 10 yrs, Lived in NYC for 2 yrs, Lived + Worked in Silicon Valley for 5yrs - I no longer have LinkedIn (deleted it) Recently... - returned to Rutgers after 28 yrs, finished my BS in '24, Master’s in '25 - initially interested in decentralized labor economics, but later drawn to tech's impact on workers. - ran a study on AI's impact on the workplace and published a working paper w/ findings, here's a 1-pager → epr.ai What now? - building an immutable artistic framework encoding emotions onchain as the building blocks of a networked art practice → primitives.art

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