Hate NFTs? I have some bad news for you…
<p>W<strong>ith the recent crash in crypto markets</strong> and the gnat-like attention span of major media outlets, the fervor around NFTs has subsided a bit in recent months. It’s hard to remember now, but earlier this spring they were all anyone could talk about. So last semester, when passions were running high and the luminaries of our field were having earnest conversations about something called “<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/you-can-use-multiple-slurp-juices-on-an-ape" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">slurp juices</a>,” I asked my students and students from over 20 other universities what they thought of NFTs</p>
<p>According to many of them, NFTs were either tasteless artifacts of a cynical pyramid scheme, or else they were a radical new way for artists to make the money they deserve. On the one hand, NFTs were a major contributor to the climate crisis and a blight on the environment, but on the other hand, the same can be said of air travel, fast fashion, or smartphones. Some students lamented that NFTs were cheap, tasteless, algorithmically generated schlock with no aesthetic value, but others asked how this was different from any other art.</p>
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