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Crypto, web3 and NFTs are social movements. They are the crowd that knows things. As the hippies used to say about LSD and counterculture, "You're either on the
by labrador 4y ago
Crypto, web3 and NFTs are social movements. They are the crowd that knows things. As the hippies used to say about LSD and counterculture, "You're either on the bus, or off the bus."
Crypto, web3 and NFTs are spiritual tech that is throwing off the shackles of corporate control and making a new society. It's an identity. It's a brand. It's a community. If I was in my 30's I'd probably be into it. I would know damn well there was a lot of hype, but so what, it's fun and maybe something amazing will come out of it. Meantime, it's a party, and we can all take turns at the mic making deep pronouncements about how we're empowering the forgotten poor of the world. What's not to like? Who cares if we lose money. It's the price of entry to the party.
Edit: This isn't what I believe. This is me trying to see it through the eyes of a young enthusiast
- heyitsguay 4y agoYeah but the hippie movement was about realizing the untapped potential for social freedoms locked away behind a repressive and outdated society. (Before it burned out and dissipated) Crypto is about shallowly co-opting the patterns of discourse of genuine social movements to try and get rich quickly.
- labrador 4y agoI agree with you. I was just trying to see it through the eyes of a young enthusiast
- soared 4y agoYeah, it’s koolaid flavored like money with an anti establishment label on it.
- threeseed 4y ago> throwing off the shackles of corporate control The entire crypto industry is built on the back of VC money. And I fail to see how Opensea is not the epitome of corporate control when it has ~80% market share in the NFT marketplace space.