[1/3] Regarding NFTs, it is disheartening to see Silicon Valley being proud of creating artificial scarcity. Physical scarcity is something humanity fought to overcome for almost our entire history. Creating scarcity is never something anyone should ever be proud of.
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Replying to @cmuratori @CalamityJive
I literally only learned of NFTs last week, but overnight they seem to be everywhere. I would agree with you except for one thing: I’m seeing artist actually make money for a change. Artist deserve to make a living. Until I learn more, gotta believe this is a net plus.
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NFTs actually create less scarcity. There's no DRM, there's no blocking anyone from accessing or enjoying anything. There's nothing 'scarce' about it.
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That is false. While it is certainly possible for NFTs to be used that way, that is not the majority of currently proposed commercial uses - most involve things like using NFTs to ensure that only one person in a virtual environment has a particular item, etc.
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Fair, i was only thinking of it from the art perspective. But that kind of digital scarcity already exists, doesn't it? Except anything you digitally 'own' is locked in the proprietary system.
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There's nothing wrong with NFTs as compared to existing server-based authentication. It's just we should not be celebrating them. As the original tweet stated, the point is _it isn't anything to be proud of_. It should be viewed as what it is: a temporarily necessary evil.
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Replying to @cmuratori @msfeldstein and
So RAD game tools code being closed source and selling to epic, is that a temporary evil until UBI happens and everything is open source? Note: this isn't my view, I'm just trying to find the line and/or limits to your position in a context relevant to you personally.
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Yes, absolutely - I mean 100% of the stuff I make costs almost nothing to duplicate, because it is in bits stored on a computer. The reason everyone can't have it for free is because I need to eat. The same is true of everyone at every software company,
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Replying to @cmuratori @00jknight and
So I mean it kind of goes without saying that intellectual property is a necessary evil, not something that is good for some other reason. If all physical goods were free, then surely we would not need intellectual property rights anymore, right?
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