Not Investment Advice 262: AsiaMaxxing, Jack at Art Basel Hong Kong, Trung in Tokyo & Japan Twitter
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Apr 8, 2026 Travel stories from Hong Kong and Tokyo mixed with art fair antics and an interactive WORK, LUCK, PLAY installation. Conversations about AI speeding creative workflows and rethinking agency processes. Cultural dives into Japan Twitter, translation effects, numerology and how social trading and secondary markets move across Asia.
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Work Luck Play Live Trading Activation
- Jack exhibited a three-part art project called Work, Luck, Play at Art Basel Hong Kong that combined sculpture and an interactive trading game.
- Visitors rolled six dice, received coaster 'chips' from Starbucks, then traded through the crowd to complete a 1–6 set, creating ~100k interactions across 2,500 participants.
Work And Luck Are Multiplayer Processes
- The exhibit reframed work and luck as intertwined rather than separate forces.
- People who rolled poorly had to 'work' by negotiating with others to complete the set, illustrating multiplayer value exchange and persistence as a path to equal outcomes.
Designing On A Plane With Claude
- Jack used Claude to create all visual assets and even built instructional carousels on a plane via command-line prompts.
- He emphasized replacing manual Figma/Illustrator iterations with prompt-driven generation to maintain design style and speed.