The Rewiring of the Niche: Selling Out, Commons Databases, & NFTs — simondlr.com
New technology can change our relationships. When this happens, it both enables new ones to flourish while at the same time reframing or destroying old relationships. The former can be joyous, wonderful, and the latter can hurt and be depressing. A blockchain, a database in the commons, does both.
NFT 404: There’s a Glaring Problem with Non-Fungible Tokens
Art - outside the traditional auctions of classical works - is hard to market online. Digital files are able to be infinitely replicated, and sharing a jpeg doesn't lose the original's aura like a scan of a painting might. Since NFTs (non-fungible to
My first impressions of web3
Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click on Pepperidge Farm Remembers flavored memes about how “crypto” used to mean “cryptography” than ...