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When the Stagnation Goes Virtual

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I went to New York to learn about NFTs and their subculture. I found a vision for society that seems all too familiar.

Linus Nylund/Platja de Muro, Spain It was day three of NFT.NYC, and I had a headache. I had spent the night before in a series of Ubers from Brooklyn to Times Square and back again, fielding texts about which VC-sponsored rave was happening when. As I queued for this morning’s event, a “Digital Fashion Breakfast” on 6th Avenue, I was still trying to convince myself that all those parties counted as networking. NFT.NYC was a 5,000 person extravaganza described by The New York Time s as a coming-out party for the emerging NFT subculture. The event itself consisted of a $600-per-ticket conference

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