BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://techplay.jp//JP CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALDESC:pre-PyCon APAC 2022 Special Talk Event X-WR-CALNAME:pre-PyCon APAC 2022 Special Talk Event X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19700101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:855482@techplay.jp SUMMARY:pre-PyCon APAC 2022 Special Talk Event DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220506T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220506T211000 DTSTAMP:20260408T060603Z CREATED:20220414T213203Z DESCRIPTION:イベント詳細はこちら\nhttps://techplay.jp/event/85548 2?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=ics&utm_campaign=ics\n\n日本語での 紹介は下の方(英語での紹介の後方)にあります。\nThis i s a tie-up event with PyCon APAC 2022\, which will be held on Sept 3 and organized by PyCon TW. This special talk event is organized by the PyCon JP Association\, with the corporation of the PyCon APAC community.\nBackg round\nAs part of our work within the PSF Trademark Work Group\, we recei ve and approve (or deny) applications to use the trademarks of the PSF su ch as the Python logo and the name PyCon in projects and conferences.\nIn January 2022 we received a request to use the Python logo in a for profi t NFT project. This sparked a discussion internally on NFTs\, trademarks\ , ownership and value.\nThe discussion was interesting and we have decide d to invite the co-chair of the PSF Trademark WG\, Dr. David Mertz to giv e a talk and to have an opportunity to discuss this very interesting topi c with the rest of the community.\nAbout this talk\nThe title of this tal k will be "Encrypting tulips in the modern prestige economy: Blockchain\, cryptocurrency\, NFTs\, and dystopianism"\nShort summary\n\nThere are a great many ways in which human societies and human beliefs are often fund amentally irrational. Arguably\, sport or casino gambling are such irrat ionalities. Arguably\, many religious beliefs are so. Arguably\, extrem e pricing of "prestige" goods like collectible artwork or luxury brands c ontain a similar irrationality. Most certainly\, Ponzi schemes and direc tly fraudulent pitches play off of irrationality\, greed and wish fulfill ment.\nWhile cryptocurrencies and NFTs have many family resemblances to s ome of the referenced human irrationalities\, there simultaneously seems to be something novel in fervent enthusiasm for blockchain. Many of thes e enthusiasts are most certainly simply motivated by greed\, but at the s ame time\, many others believe that these specific technologies offer som e utopian possibilities for better societies. In some ways these beliefs are akin to early 1980s-90s beliefs in the inherent liberation of the in ternet\, but in other respects they continue a libertarian fetishism abou t gold and silver as "inherently valuable" in contrast to "fiat currency. "\nIn this talk\, I will first outline the technologies themselves behind blockchain. They do represent a fairly interesting and clever intellect ual combination of pre-existing cryptographic primitives. On the other h and\, it is not obvious that this particular combination does anything wo rthwhile in its novel combinations. Whereas Freenet\, and BitTorrent\, a nd PGP\, combine similar building blocks\, those have been relegated to n iche interests of geeky technologists (like myself)\, Blockchain—in one variant or another—attracts trillions of dollars of financial trading\ , and millions (if not billions) in research investments by large governm ents and international banks. The social dynamic of this is perplexing\, but worth exploring.\n\nSome useful keywords that will pop up during the talk will be\n\ncryptography\nblockchain\ntrademarks\neconomic bubbles\n "status capital"\nthe prestige economy\nVeblen's Theory of the Leisure Cl ass\n\nAgenda\nTime and Place\n\nTime: 6th May 2022 (Fri) 20:00 - 21:10 J ST (UTC+9)\nPlace: Zoom and YouTube Live (We will update attendees with t he URL nearer to the date)\n\nTimetable\n\n\n\nTime\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n2000 JST\nOpening and introduction from organizers\n\n\n2005 JST\nTalk\n\n\n2 100 JST\nQ&A and discussion\n\n\n2110 JST\nClosing\n\n\n\nWho is this tal k is for\nIf you find the summary and keywords above interesting and woul d like to learn more\, then this talk might be for you.\nWho is this talk NOT for\nThis talk will not be about how to make money from NFTs or cryp tocurrency. If you're solely interested in NFTs and cryptocurrency in ord er to make money\, then this talk is not for you.\nAbout our guest speake r\nOur guest speaker will be Dr. David Mertz (He/Him)\, Partner and Senio r Trainer at KDM Training\n\n\nDavid is heavily involved in the Data Scie nce community and served as Director of the PSF for six years\, and remai ns co-chair of its Trademarks Committee and of its Scientific Python Work ing Group. His columns\, Charming Python and XML Matters\, written in the 2000s\, were the most widely read articles in the Python world. He has a lso written previous books for Packt\, O'Reilly and Addison-Wesley\, and has given keynote addresses at numerous international programming confere nces.\nDavid received his Ph.D. in Philosophy as well as a Master of Arts in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Mathematics.\n\nC ode Of Conduct\n\nBy participating in this talk event\, you agree to resp ect and abide to our Code Of Conduct\nIf you have any questions or sugges tions\, please contact us through the form provided on connpass\n\n\n\n( 日本語概要)\n本イベントはPyCon JP AssociationとPyCon APAC コ ミュニティ共催のイベントです。合わせて、2022年9月3 日に開催されるPyCon APAC 2022とのタイアップ企画にもな っています! \nイベント背景\nPSF(Python Software Foundation) 商標運営グループでは、作業の一環として、Pythonのロ ゴや「PyCon」の名称などPSFのもつ商標を自分たちの主 催するプロジェクトやカンファレンスで使用したい!と いう各種申請を受取ったり承認したり(時には却下した り)しています。 \n2022年1月にはPythonのロゴをNFTプロジ ェクトで使用したいというリクエストを受け付けまし た。このリクエストは彼らPSF商標グループにNFTそのも のに対しての議論だけでなく、商標や所有権、ロゴの 価値についての議論を呼び起こしました。\nこのディ スカッションの内容がとっても面白いものだったので 、PSF商標運営グループの co-chair であるDr. David Mertzさん を招待し、本イベントを開催することになりました。 他コミュニティのみなさんと知見を共有しあえる場に なることを祈っています。\nトーク内容について\n本ト ークは全て英語で行われます\nタイトル\n"Encrypting tulips in the modern prestige economy: Blockchain\, cryptocurrency\, NFTs\, and dystopianism" \n概要\n\nThere are a great many ways in which human s ocieties and human beliefs are often fundamentally irrational. Arguably\ , sport or casino gambling are such irrationalities. Arguably\, many rel igious beliefs are so. Arguably\, extreme pricing of "prestige" goods li ke collectible artwork or luxury brands contain a similar irrationality. Most certainly\, Ponzi schemes and directly fraudulent pitches play off of irrationality\, greed and wish fulfillment.\nWhile cryptocurrencies an d NFTs have many family resemblances to some of the referenced human irra tionalities\, there simultaneously seems to be something novel in fervent enthusiasm for blockchain. Many of these enthusiasts are most certainly simply motivated by greed\, but at the same time\, many others believe t hat these specific technologies offer some utopian possibilities for bett er societies. In some ways these beliefs are akin to early 1980s-90s bel iefs in the inherent liberation of the internet\, but in other respects t hey continue a libertarian fetishism about gold and silver as "inherently valuable" in contrast to "fiat currency."\nIn this talk\, I will first o utline the technologies themselves behind blockchain. They do represent a fairly interesting and clever intellectual combination of pre-existing cryptographic primitives. On the other hand\, it is not obvious that thi s particular combination does anything worthwhile in its novel combinatio ns. Whereas Freenet\, and BitTorrent\, and PGP\, combine similar buildin g blocks\, those have been relegated to niche interests of geeky technolo gists (like myself)\, Blockchain—in one variant or another—attracts t rillions of dollars of financial trading\, and millions (if not billions) in research investments by large governments and international banks. T he social dynamic of this is perplexing\, but worth exploring.\n\nトー ク中に出てくるキーワード\n\ncryptography\nblockchain\ntradema rks\neconomic bubbles\n"status capital"\nthe prestige economy\nVeblen's T heory of the Leisure Class\n\nAgenda\n開催日時とイベント会場\n \n日時: 2022年5月6日 (金) 20:00 - 21:10 JST \nイベント会場: Z oom と YouTube Liveにて行います。詳細なURLについては追 って「参加者への情報」欄に記載いたします。\n\nタイ ムテーブル\n\n\n\nTime\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n20:00-\nオープニング\n \n\n20:05-\nトーク@Dr. David Mertz\n\n\n21:00-\nQ&A\n\n\n21:10-\nク ロージング\n\n\n\n対象者\n上述のトーク概要やキーワー ドに興味を持った人もしくはもっと知りたい！と思っ た人。 \n※このトークはNFTや暗号通貨をつかって稼 ぐ方法について話すものではありません。\nスピーカ ー紹介\nDr. David Mertz(He/Him) \nKDMトレーニングのパート ナー・シニアトレーナー\n\n\nDavidさんはデータサイエ ンスのコミュニティに多大な貢献をし、PSFのDirectorを6 年勤め、現在は商標運営グループとScientificPythonワーキ ンググループのco-charを務めています。 彼のコラムで ある「CharmingPython」と「XMLMatters」は2000年代に書かれた もので、当時Pythonの世界では最もよく読まれていた記 事でした。この他にもPacktやO'Reilly、Addison-Wesleyなどで 執筆を行い\, たくさんの国際的なカンファレンスで基 調講演を行ってきた方です。\nDavidさんは哲学の博士号 、芸術哲学の修士号、芸術哲学と数学の学士号を取得 しています。\n\nCode Of Conduct\n\n本イベントは、下記Code Of Conductに則ります。\nhttps://2021.pycon.jp/en/code-of-conduct\n\ n\n本件に関し質問などございましたら、connpassの問い 合わせフォームよりご連絡ください。\n LOCATION:オンライン オンライン URL:https://techplay.jp/event/855482?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=ics&utm _campaign=ics END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR