Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
As more of our lives move online, the ability to own scarce digital items is only becoming more important, and the NFT-based digital asset market will increasingly mirror the luxury market. An authentic Birkin bag is able to fetch prices hundreds of times higher than the exact same bag in knock-off form because owning the real thing says something ... See more
Packy McCormick • The Value Chain of the Open Metaverse
We spent the last 15 years working for 👍 likes, ❤️ hearts, 🔁 retweets, and follows, anything for the clout. Insta filters, Twitter follow bots, and a meme worth dancing to on TikTok made the individual go viral. With virality, "influencers" were born and the Information Superhighway added a fast lane. In this fast lane, we created a world where p... See more