Device & Virtue

S6E4—How NFTs Could Change the (Real) World


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Sometimes a new technology comes along that you’ve barely heard of but could change everything. Like how we OWN things. Adam & Chris are putting the fun in Non-Fungible Tokens—the relatively new digital tech also known as “NFTs”

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CHRIS & ADAM ARGUE ABOUT NFTS

They use the same underlying technology as Bitcoin, but NFTs aren’t money—they are being used more like a digital deed—an ownership certificate that allows people to buy digital goods.

Some of the questions Adam & Chris argue about this episode:

  • There are already people paying millions of $ for some digital cat images online. It seems crazy. Are NFT’s a fad?
  • Digital things can be copied with just a right-click! Why does anyone care about owning an “original?” What is an original anyway?
  • If NFTs stick around, what are the effects on the world?
  • What is a Christian ethic of ownership?

  • LINKS & RESOURCES

    • OpenSea —Chris called this the current “Amazon of NFTs”
    • American rock band the Kings of Leon sold an album as an NFT
    • Artist Beeple sold digital art collection for a record $70 million
    • “No, NFTs Aren’t Copyrights” by Harrison Jordan via TechCrunch
    • “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”—1935 essay by Walter Benjamin that Adam brings up talking about how technology has affected our view of “originals”
    • Manifold—NFT digital agency doing complex “digital contracts” with NFTs

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