
I sat down with Dr. Shirley Mueller who is an internationally known collector and scholar of Chinese export porcelain, as well as a physician board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry.
Dr. Mueller is also the author of "Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play."
You will have a lot of fun and learn a lot after listening to this episode, just like I did.
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References & Resources:
Dr. Shirley Mueller
Website: https://www.collectorbrain.com/
Buy the book: https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/inside-the-head-of-a-collector/
Chinese Export Porcelain Collection: https://www.shirleymuellerporcelain.com/
the episode -
Tattoos & Collecting: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02732170309206
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xgjb3aIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Golu, The Festival of Collecting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golu
00:00 - Precap
00:55 - Dr. Shirley Mueller Introduction
4:10 - What was the motivation to write a book on collectors?
4:54 - Why do people collect?
7:11 - Dheeraj's childhood - Pokemon Cards, Tazos, & Scrapbooks
8:16 - Collecting gives us pleasure and control
10:33: Golu, Festival of collecting Dolls & figurines
12:13 - Tattoo is same as collecting?
14:02 - Collecting gone wrong. Obsessions, hoarding and mental conditions.
18:05 - Digital Collectibles, a fool's errand? Shirley on NFTs.
19:54 - Dheeraj's NFT Story and why people buy NFTs
22:48 - "You should write an article on Psychology today" best compliment Dheeraj has received
24:08 - "I started appreciating art and humans more after buying NFTs" - Dheeraj
28:39 - NFTs, Sam Bank Friedman, Regulations, & Hedge funds
32:45 - Dr. Mueller's collection of Chinese Export Porcelain
35:55 - Artificial Intelligence (A.I) wont work.
36:17: Dr. Mueller's interest in Export Chinese Porcelain (contd)
39:08 - Weirdest things people collect?
41:28 - Interesting Collections or Items Dr. Mueller has seen
44:11 - What's in the book ?📚
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Feb 7, 2023
46 min

Diana is a web3 podcast host & founder of Rehash. Rehash is a community-driven podcast DAO.
In this episode, Dheeraj and Diana discuss:
Diana’s journey into web3
Podcasting in web3
DAOs & Rehash
Inclusivity in web3
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Oct 12, 2022
1 hr 2 min

“Blockchain provides a new way for sports clubs to get access to their fans and hear their voice” - Siyi
Siyi is the Crypto Marketing Manager at Chiliz. Chiliz is a leading tokenized sports and entertainment exchange.
In this episode, Dhee and Siyi discuss:
Importance of Sports in Crypto
Fan Tokens
Chiliz Chain 2.0
Lionel Messi as Brand Ambassador and much more
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Oct 12, 2022
1 hr 1 min

“Our number one priority with Axie Origin was making a product that can appeal to everyone in the world and attract a massive player base” - Jiho
Jiho is the Co-Founder & Growth Lead at Axie Infinity/Sky Mavis. Axie Infinity is a digital pet community, in which one buys creatures – called Axies – and uses them to battle, explore and breed with other Axies. It’s developed by the gaming company Sky Mavis and runs through the cryptocurrency Ethereum.
In this episode, Dhee and Jiho talk about:
Early days of Axie Infinity
Axie Origin
Axie’s hack incident
Skymavis
Axie DeFi ecosystem
Interoperability of SLP token
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Oct 12, 2022
1 hr 7 min

Amrit Pal Singh is a Visual Artist and Art Director. He is the maker of the collection Toy Faces & Toy Rooms.
In this episode, Dhee and Amrit talk about:
Amrit’s Origin Story
Toy Faces & Toy Rooms
Artists & NFT marketplaces
Why artists should collaborate globally & not locally
NFT Utility
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Oct 12, 2022
1 hr 19 min

Jaynti Kanani is the Co-Founder of Polygon. Polygon is a decentralized Ethereum scaling platform that enables developers to build scalable user-friendly dApps with low transaction fees.
In this episode, Dhee and Jaynti talk about:
Scaling Projects in 2017
The Begining Journey of Polygon
Polygon’s Green Manifesto Initiative
Building on Polygon & Interoperability in Gaming NFTs
The Multichain Future of the Blockchain
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Oct 6, 2022
1 hr 16 min

Dheeraj speaks with Matt Gould, Founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable Domains offers NFT domains that give people control of their digital identity, and its usernames can be used to log into dApps, shorten crypto wallet addresses, and build a decentralized web3 identity.
Dheeraj & Matt talk about:
Matt’s evaluation of Web 1,2 and 3
Digital Ownership & Unstoppable Domain
Proof of Humanity
UD governance tokens?
Incredible Alpha
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Oct 6, 2022
1 hr 10 min

“I always look at the team behind a project first and foremost more than anything” - Zeneca
Zeneca is the founder of ZenAcademy and the host of ZenChats Podcast. He also appears on Overpriced JPEGs (A Bankless Production) every other week.
In this episode, Dhee and Zeneca go over:
Generative Arts & Artblocks
ZenAcademy & 333 club
How can brands get into the NFT space
Mental Health in the NFT Space
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Oct 6, 2022
1 hr

“I'm in DeFi in order to change the financial world and to make it easier for the end users” - Marc Zeller
Marc Zeller is the Head of Developers Relations at Aave. Aave is an open-source and non-custodial liquidity protocol.
In this episode, Dhee & Marc discuss:
Starting with Aave
DeFi in 2022
DeFi’s relationship with the traditional finance world
Lens Protocol
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Aug 26, 2022
1 hr 20 min

Xinc is the “world's first NFT Economist”. He also runs a weekly podcast about NFTs and talks about economic, market and legal analysis of the new metaverse economy in his newsletter 'Metanomics'.
In this episode, Dhee & Xinc talk about:
What is Generative Art
Rise of Art Blocks
Onboarding devs, collectors & artists into NFTs
NFT Utilities
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Aug 26, 2022
1 hr 7 min
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