An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by prtkgpt » Tue, May 04, 2021, 2:56 PM UTC

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Post by spamalot159 » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

Seems like even PG is succumbing to the hype of NFTs. I don't understand how this will be any better than just doing a donation drive and it could possibly be worse for the planet.

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:07 PM UTC

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Post by sneak » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

I'm not sure from this blog post what this company has to do with NFTs, or how these NFTs are intended to generate revenue for this organization, or why the tokens being sold can't be fungible, or what they're for.

(Aside: The HTTPs Everywhere extension takes a bit of an issue with pg's 199x-vintage website. :)

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Post by fallat » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

I don't think anyone understands that this is purely a "fun" thing to raise money. Yes, it's exactly like a donation drive.

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by hoppyhoppy2 » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

Has Mr. Graham done an honest calculation of how many lives will be lost to the environmental impacts of NFTs if they become mainstream?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

spamalot159 wrote: post #2

Seems like even PG is succumbing to the hype of NFTs. I don't understand how this will be any better than just doing a donation drive and it could possibly be worse for the planet.

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Post by detaro » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:11 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #4

I'm not sure from this blog post what this company has to do with NFTs, or how these NFTs are intended to generate revenue for this organization, or why the tokens being sold can't be fungible, or what they're for. (Aside: The HTTPs Everywhere extension takes a bit of an issue with pg's 199x-vintage website. :)

Seems fairly clearly just jumping on the bandwagon. Clearly people right now spend lots of money on NFTs for whatever reasons, so sell one and get money the buyer probably wouldn't have donated otherwise.

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Post by anotha1 » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:13 PM UTC

This NFT will be great for Noora Health. And maybe even N more organizations.

Then, as happened many times in the past, similar organizations will start optimizing the wrong metric and their actions will slowly diverge from their mission.

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by spamalot159 » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:20 PM UTC

fallat wrote: post #5

I don't think anyone understands that this is purely a "fun" thing to raise money. Yes, it's exactly like a donation drive.

Except for that it uses technology that harms the environment. I don't think this trend is "fun" compared to a normal donation drive when it has these negative side effects.