Re:When the Stagnation Goes Virtual
by cyber_kinetist on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @05:23AM
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"The living organism, in a situation determined by the play of energy on the surface of the globe, ordinarily receives more energy than is necessary for maintaining life; the excess energy (wealth) can be used for the growth of a system (e.g., an organism); if the system can no longer grow, or if the excess cannot be completely absorbed in its growth, it must necessarily be lost without profit; it must be spent, willingly or not, gloriously or catastrophically."
- Georges Bataille, The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy
Re:When the Stagnation Goes Virtual
by SuoDuanDao on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:45AM
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Why does 'Case' still sound like a cyberpunk name? It's like it's perpetually from five to ten years in the future.
Re:When the Stagnation Goes Virtual
by bryanrasmussen on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @08:12AM
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Because not a lot of parents from the cyberpunk reading generation ran out to name their kids "Case". I mean if Case McGraw had grown up now to be a top NFL Quarterback, Case would not immediately raise connections to cyberpunk in your mind.
We are living in a William Gibson world.
When a work was digitally executed it was put into a room that functioned as a 3d scanner, then the room's heat was turned up high enough to vaporize iron. The 3d scan of the work would be saved to an NFT complete with digital proof of its absolute destruction.
Case was currently looking for the Gauguin, which, after its execution was now the most expensive NFT in the world, estimated worth, two billion dollars. Bezos would pay double that.