One analogy I find interesting: imagine a book signed by the author (clearly worth more than an unsigned book). Now imagine that the signature could be extracte

One analogy I find interesting: imagine a book signed by the author (clearly worth more than an unsigned book). Now imagine that the signature could be extracted from its physical form, and traded independently. Is it silly to value that? Maybe; but that begs the question of why people value signatures. At any rate, there are other use cases for NFTs beyond ephemeral pseudo-ownership of art [0]. Strictly speaking, a library card is a type of "non-fungible token". The real magic happens in the social ecosystems and institutions that define relationships using those tokens (same as with fungible tokens, which are otherwise just paper). [0] https://theblockchainsocialist.com/unlocked-the-best-leftist-hot-take-on-nfts-youll-ever-listen-to-remix/ https://theblockchainsocialist.com/unlocked-the-best-leftist...