I'll say it upfront: I like #blockchains. I think that they're exciting #tech and that there'll be use cases for them — and I have invested a little bit in a few crypto projects (eg, $BTC).
However.
The amount of nonsense in the #crypto world in general, and around #NFT's in particular, is astonishing. Proponents and advocates should be the first to call BS, for our own benefit.
I listened to [this recent #episode of the #Bankless #podcast with #KevinRose (of Digg fame)](http://podcast.banklesshq.com/95-how-kevin-rose-invests-in-web3), and in that spirit, I'll mention here five idiotic or at least naïve ideas expressed in the show:
First (and this is not specific to this episode, but a constant in the #NFT craze): isn't anyone else annoyed and suspicious of that sudden interest that everyone seems to have now in #art, artists, and galleries?
I keep on hearing and reading from all these #crypto nerds and geeks, who have been obsessed with technology their whole life, and never before, to my knowledge, shared a book or an article about the art world, bought a painting, attended a live art performance, befriended an artist, bought a physical record (they went from Napster to BitTorrent to Spotify), or set foot in a gallery IRL… all these people are suddenly SO excited about novel graphic artists, live happenings, and exhibitions of generative art, SO eager to buy, support, collect and showcase #art, and SO convinced that everyone out there shares their very whimsical new passion…
Isn't that wishful thinking, opportunistic, and fake?
