9/ It is true that one way to look at NFTs is a form of ownership deed, of a receipt of sorts.
People think it is a "gotcha" but this is actually how everything works.
All of society, everything we do works at this level of abstraction and has for centuries.
1/ On Buying The Statue of Liberty
I did a lecture today for @giaglis's MOOC on NFTs and I got the RCSA question.
"NFTs are just a receipt, just a pointer to an image. I can download them and view them without buying them"
A classic question! Here is what I said.
@punk6529 absolutely sublime lecture last night Punk! Love how you were creating mental models to think of NFTs. Cracked me up properly! Onwards and upwards blockchain 🎯
Some of the most fun I’ve had on X came from watching performance art unfold. You had to be here to understand how much fun it was.
It was so much fun to watch the Great Color Study by @lphaCentauriKid unfold and to get to experience the mystery live.
Going even farther back than the ACK, was a masterful example of curation by @VinceVanDough… the fake rare drop of July of 2022. People were excited to see the debut of each artist’s work everyday - it felt like an event and I think it was performance art - it showed the relatively ETH-centric art space that Pepes reign supreme. You just had to be there.
A more recent example is the GMail Sunsetting hoax by @SHL0MS. NGL, I definitely had a laugh at the media taking the bait.
If you follow the right people, you get to see some really interesting performance art.
@GaytonMcK Dear Minister, I’m reaching out to express my interest in joining your team to improve the lives of the artists in our country, ensuring their financial security. I’d love the opportunity to do my Master’s thesis to this end. Can I send you some background and more info?
@chris_x_sambo Hi Chris
I hope you are well brother. (Totally unrelated) I’m struggling for years to obtain the music of the YC ‘08 concert. Can you by any chance help a brother out? 🙏🏾
TGM GM! As my fav gospel song reminds: every day is a day of thanks giving & every day I am blessed. Blessed to be in the company of y’all: GMing, building, pushing forward, connecting, resonating, supporting. TY. (Special thnx to @sarah_script for art as sweet as 🎃 🥧) ❤️ 🦃 🍁
@TransientLabs The team behind @TransientLabs is about as rare as it gets.
Never before have I had the privilege of working with a group of people who are all equally clinically insane overachievers and obsessed with innovation.