Vancouver had and has a curiously large blockchain community. It's a Cascadian city. It has Canadian healthcare but West Coast libertarian leanings to some of its inhabitants' politics, and that makes for an interesting mix.
Rhea Myers, 2010s AI Art: Tyler Hobbs, Helena Sarin, Rhea Myers
When I came to Vancouver, they had hired me to teach computer graphics. Two days after arriving, I had a meeting with the chairman of the department.
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