[Air-L] [EXTERNAL] the NFT bandwagon

[Matthew Moore]

Hi Salvatore,

I broadly agree with everything Eno says. I am bemused by crypto and NFTs. Like Eno, I think part of their growth is a function of fiscal stimulus and low interest rates of the last decade.

Some comments:

  *   While I am uninterested in crypto/NFTs, I am very interested in equity crowdfunding (that’s where I do my speculative investing - and it comes out of my entertainment budget, not my retirement funds).
  *   I would rather buy art from artists I love (or do something else to support them directly) than mess about with NFTs.
  *   I share your concerns about the drive to turn everything into a recordable transaction.
  *   ICOs and NFTs feel like the consumer version of what CDOs and CDSs were to banks in the 2000s.

Regards,

Matt

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Air-L] the NFT bandwagon

hi everyone

as you probably have seen Brian Eno has expressed harshly about NFTs:
https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/brian-eno-on-nfts-and-automatism/<https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/brian-eno-on-nfts-and-automatism>

many have expressed in similar ways, while many others see an opportunity

here, i wanted to share two article i wrote: one now and the previous one
in 2017

the first is this one:
https://xdxd-vs-xdxd.medium.com/nft-12cb8583ca23<https://xdxd-vs-xdxd.medium.com/nft-12cb8583ca23>

and the previous one is a sort of pre-requisite:
https://startupsventurecapital.com/the-financialization-of-life-a90fe2cb839f<https://startupsventurecapital.com/the-financialization-of-life-a90fe2cb839f>

both try to make a cultural/mediological/psychological analysis more
accessible (as you can see, the style and spaces for publication are
generalistic)

i was wondering if anyone here has a similar approach and, of course,
differences and critiques which we can discuss

i wish you all happy holidays, if you can, and best of wishes for those who
cannot
Salvatore
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