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An NFT That Saves Lives

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Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by prtkgpt »

detaro wrote: post #8
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.

I believe, this is a great example to raise funds with the NFT models. Crypto to save human life.

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by casi18 »

spamalot159 wrote: post #10
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.

"We plan to make a significant carbon offset to mitigate the environmental impact of this NFT. Within one week of the closing of this auction we will update this page with details of the steps we took."

Every action we take has tradeoffs. Everyone acts hoping that they can bring more good to the world than bad. Thats not to say we shouldn't be critical of decisions people make, but the moral panic around nfts is overblown imo. There are solutions being worked on [1] and the upside to addressing coordination problems[2] is huge.

Or, as the saying goes, "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater"

[1]https://our.status.im/ethereum-is-green/ [2]https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by klmadfejno »

casi18 wrote: post #13
spamalot159 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

"We plan to make a significant carbon offset to mitigate the environmental impact of this NFT. Within one week of the closing of this auction we will update this page with details of the steps we took." Every action we take has tradeoffs. Everyone acts hoping that they can bring more good to the world than bad. Thats not to say we shouldn't be critical of decisions people make, but the moral panic around nfts is over…

> Everyone acts hoping that they can bring more good to the world than bad.

Not so sure about that one

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by TacticalCoder »

spamalot159 wrote: post #10
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.

> Except for that it uses technology that harms the environment.

Apparently it's on Ethereum. Ethereum is already using an hybrid PoW / PoS (proof of stake) chain and at some point the PoS chain should be the only one. It PoS works, the impact on the environment should be a rounding error.

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by eloff »

casi18 wrote: post #13
spamalot159 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

"We plan to make a significant carbon offset to mitigate the environmental impact of this NFT. Within one week of the closing of this auction we will update this page with details of the steps we took." Every action we take has tradeoffs. Everyone acts hoping that they can bring more good to the world than bad. Thats not to say we shouldn't be critical of decisions people make, but the moral panic around nfts is over…

> Everyone acts hoping that they can bring more good to the world than bad.

I want to live in that world.

Those are some seriously potent rose colored glasses you've got going on there.

I think it's true that many people think and act that way, but I don't know what percentage of people are basically good like that.

Re: An NFT That Saves Lives

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Post by endisneigh »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #17
spamalot159 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> Except for that it uses technology that harms the environment. Apparently it's on Ethereum. Ethereum is already using an hybrid PoW / PoS (proof of stake) chain and at some point the PoS chain should be the only one. It PoS works, the impact on the environment should be a rounding error.

Haven't people been saying this for at least 4 years?
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