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Traditionally, tech gets "consumerized" when people stop talking about the tech. Nobody says "hey you should use Instagram b/c it's on Python".  Before NFTs, we explained crypto by talking about Byzantine consensus.  NFTs abstract that away. It's crypto's consumer moment.

The Metaverse is the Internet, w/ two differences:1 - visualization layer will be better. Today it's Google Meets, tomorrow it's augmented reality.2 - Digital objects will be composable and not stored in private databases behind APIs and T&C's.

Fashion house Dolce & Gabanna  doesn't throw parties at Ethereum conferences. They don't throw parties at Cisco's Wireless Networking conferences.  But, they held a party at NFT NYC.  Why? Because NFTs are consumer products, for anything and everything.

Wallets holding NFTs are public and composable databases.  Anyone can do an airdrop to Punks holders, if they so wish to target that consumer segment.  Wallets are a marketer's dream email inbox. But the UI is still early and primitive - think about all your spam airdrops.

Crypto & NFT architecture is at risk of centralization from:- myopic stakeholders (gov't, big tech)- terrifyingly bad UI for mass self-custody (scam vulnerability)

NFTs are transportation tech for societal intangibles, of which corporate balance sheets have $63 trillion.-"Just do it"-"Make America Great Again"-"We the People..."These myths and memes are unbelievable

Metaverse skeptics today: "I'm not going to wear AR glasses and live online, that's stupid."  The same skeptics, 10 years ago: "I'm not going to use a smartphone or use Google, that's stupid."  Metaverse productivity boost will be undeniable. Plus, it's a dopamine hit.