My mom teaches an art history course and her students (many of them graphic designers) are asking her about NFTs
Like me, she's skeptical of NFTs, and she is looking for informed critiques of them so I'd like to know if any of y'all have good articles you'd like to share
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This one is pretty good – talks about the tech in an accessible way, and then discusses the social issues behind the technology:
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N*Ts are only a part of this stuff, but this this author suggests that despite the claims of decentralisation, this tech has the potential to lead to even more centralisation and inequality:
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I don't agree with some of the technical points on where N*Ts might be useful (there are usually better, simpler solutions to stuff like ticketing etc), but this was an interesting look at them from a YouTuber who's usually more interested in art critique:
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Just finished watching this. It was long, but seemed pretty comprehensive on a sociological, economic, and technical level, analyzing why they might have emerged (following the GFC), and the fundamental flaws and issues in how these systems work:
Olsen uses the term ‘applet’ a few times which I thought was cute. But yeah I liked in particular the bits where he talks about game economies and how they learned to work differently to conventional economies, the issues around privacy, how centralisation occurs, etc.
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This is a really good video. He makes a lot of little errors tho that really ground on me while watching it haha. But still broadly speaking I think he gave a good impression of the situation
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Yeah, I found it useful mostly for critiquing the moral foundation of cryptocurrencies/NFTs, but I also learned a few new things, too (like the fact strangers can add malicious code to your wallet)
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