You know, unpopular opinion, but while I'm normally someone who dunks on this kind of thing I think NFTs are exactly the kind of conceptual contradiction and metanarrating that art has been trending to for the last three decades and I think while it will get tired and pass,
it's just as useful & intellectually engaging as other art trends over the past few decades.IoW,I don't see why the NFT being worth so much more than a JPEG is inherently any crazier than an original piece of art being worth way more than a perfect reproduction
The conceptual "specialness" is just as debatable and abstract a notion, it just feels "fake" because its digital which is in and of itself an idea to unpack and explore in art. and certainly I can imagine an art class spending 3-4 weeks on NFTs fruitfully.
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