Mark Fielding

Driven by an acute awareness that the internet experience of his children will be vastly different to his own, Mark writes about emerging technology, particularly artificial intelligence and blockchain, with one eye always on the future. As an independent writer, he explores web3 for LVMH, metaverse events of RLTY, and writes gaming stories and lore for the highest bidder.

It’s got ridiculously cheap to customise your DNA

20 years ago it cost $300 million to get a full report on your DNA structure. Now you can get that for $200. Our mastery of DNA will let you edit your children, improve your health, and has huge implications for our planet.

Inside a plan to humanise the technological revolution

Zach Lieberman explores the unexpected effects of creating art with code. He talks to Mark Fielding about humanising the coming technological revolution.

February 21, 2024

VR is our next best hope for treating mental illness

Virtual reality is fast becoming a legitimate treatment for mental illness. Mark Fielding explores how it works and why the world's biggest healthcare providers are using headsets to treat anxiety, depression, and to “maximise your psychological state.”

February 21, 2024

Here's why quantum computers that can hack your password are good for you

Quantum computing is officially one of the technologies of 2024. But when it's not hacking passwords, quantum is set to have an explosive impact on your day-to-day life. From the food you eat to the products you buy, quantum will make them cheaper and better than ever before.

January 19, 2024

Gilgamesh, Bryan Johnson, and the Fountain of Youth: do you want to live forever?

Life extension research has captured the minds of enthusiasts who take multiple pills a day and immerse themselves in the latest research. It's time to ask the question: do you really want to live forever?

January 12, 2024

AI can feed the world, but at what cost?

AI and other frontier technologies will help the world feed the world’s rapidly expanding population. But how will technology affect the 1 billion people who earn their livelihood as farmers? If AI can really feed the world, what is the right price to pay?

November 27, 2023

How virtual worlds are reshaping the Ivy League education

When a Harvard Senior Fellow told Mark Fielding that every university dean was a fan of the metaverse, he had to find out how they're using extended reality to reinvent university education. What he learnt was how classrooms without walls can transform the university experience.

October 5, 2023

How a Coppola non-profit is using blockchain to put fans in charge of Hollywood

Decentralized Pictures, the film fund founded by Roman Coppola, Leo Matchett, and Michael Musante, has become the preeminent voice on web3 film, and a core part of the Coppola family mission: to get more independent films made. Mark Fielding explores how the blockchain is making possible an entirely new model of film financing.

How Cameron Van Hoy is using extended reality and blockchain to open up filmmaking to everyone

Flinch is more than a film franchise: it is also a virtual film studio and film3 community. Producer, writer, and director of Flinch, Cameron Van Hoy, is innovating the film-making process. His platform will give filmmakers and audiences alike the tools to build their own, unique stories. Mark Fielding asks, is Flinch the prototype for the democratisation of film-making?

January 9, 2023

“I hope filmmakers can greenlight themselves with the power of JPEGs” — creating Calladita with Miguel Faus

The phrase ‘art is the utility’ rings more true in film than anywhere else. Miguel Faus is making one of the world's first films funded entirely by NFTs. Barcelona-born, his film ‘Calladita’ is an example of how web3 is empowering new voices to tell new stories. He tells Mark Fielding how it's happening.

December 1, 2022

“I call it the degen-aissance” — in conversation with Josh Wagner

For 100 years cinema has been controlled by the suits, wielding their power over what gets made, when it gets made and who profits. Josh Wagner is on a mission to blaze a new path that favours creators over committees, community over control, and participation over profits. He speaks with Mark Fielding about Virtue Animation, the Basemint Gang and the future of animation.

November 3, 2022

Film3: building a new vision for the film industry from the ground up

One of the co-partners behind the NFT Film Squad, Julian Flores admits he “knows zero about making films.” Instead, the entrepreneur and marketer speaks to Mark Fielding about the strategies that web3 filmmakers can use to deliver better experiences than Hollywood, and how he's helping Cameron Van Hoy and Miguel Faus on some of the world's groundbreaking film3 projects.

November 1, 2022

“Your vision has to be bigger than your obstacles” — David Bianchi on the future of film and poetry

David Bianchi has hundreds of professional credits and is critically acclaimed in mainstream film and poetry, but it was NFTs that made him really pinch himself. He speaks to Mark Fielding about how he's combining spoken word and cinema, and why NFTs are “one of the most important events in art history.”

October 5, 2022

Film3 and the woman driving a blockchain movement to revolutionise Hollywood

Jordan Bayne is the shining inspiration behind web3's attempts to upturn the filmmaking industry, inspire under-represented voices, and leverage community-led IP to tell completely new stories. She speaks to Mark Fielding about the film3 movement, and why it changes everything for filmmakers.

September 5, 2022

What does blockchain mean for Hollywood? Web3’s quest to create a New Golden Age of cinema

Mark Fielding journeys through the nascent film3 sector and, scouting both innovation and areas on which to improve, explores the ways that film and web3 have the potential to be a truly impactful and innovative combination.