@dang, remind me not to submit blockchain or NFT related links ever again.
How NFTs will change hiring
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#52The overwhelming consensus in this thread and in the replies to that tweet is dissent on the basis of the many completely obvious holes in the author's reasoning, which I won't get into here. What I'd like to appreciate is the uniqueness of the blockchain space in its seemingly bottomless capacity to generate these bold propositions for which blockchain is _blatantly_ ill-equipped to solve whatever problem is at hand…
It's like a database, but imagine making it slow, expensive and wasteful, for no reason.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
> That sums up everything to do with NFTs for me. The smell remains rotten and I will, again, run away and fast. NFTs are just a way to represent something unique on a blockchain. The smell comes from the pixel art NFTs. Your position on a uniswap v3 pair is represented as an NFT (no pixels associated), while v2 used ERC20 tokens (fungible) Suppose you own a car rental. You can represent the available cars as NFTs an…
Have you ever worked at a warehouse? Companies keep inventories in a database. This database often does not reflect reality I bought some lumber a few weeks ago. Bought a cedar board that they had in their inventory, went out to the lumberyard to find they were out of stock. Ended up swapping the it out for some cedar deck board they happened to have
The database is accurate to the information put into it.
Warehouse inventory/control is a great example of something that would be an incredibly poor fit for blockchain.
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#54The overwhelming consensus in this thread and in the replies to that tweet is dissent on the basis of the many completely obvious holes in the author's reasoning, which I won't get into here. What I'd like to appreciate is the uniqueness of the blockchain space in its seemingly bottomless capacity to generate these bold propositions for which blockchain is _blatantly_ ill-equipped to solve whatever problem is at hand…
In this case, the author is just selling a $6000 course called “Crypto College” which is a week-long Discord event. Hyping the possibility of NFTs solving everything is how he sells NFTs to join his expensive course. He doesn’t really believe NFTs will make people instantly hired by companies. He just wants to sell more tickets to his NFT course.
Welcome to crypto!
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#55What if you have someone else do the blockchain credentials for you?
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#56EDIT: meh.
I think NTFs would make sense in some cases by providing a publick ledger of properties. It would avoid situations like that when a Luton man got his home stolen from him: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59069662
The problem in that case is trying to reverse a fraudulent transaction. Blockchains not only do not solve that, they make it impossible to solve: phish someone or exploit their computer and you can instantly make an irreversible transfer of their assets! If you have a mechanism where a trusted third party can reverse a transaction, you don’t need a blockchain and all of the expense and inconvenience was worth nothing.
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#57What I don't get when people say "the blockchain" is: which one are they talking about? And how do we know this chain will still be around in a few years? And how do we know it won't fork? How do you know if an NFT certifying someone as having ten years of experience as a chef at a five-star restaurant is trustworthy? We can already buy fake paper certificates for nearly anything and this sounds even worse!
NFTs are magic internet beans that don't solve any problem they themselves didn't create.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
> That sums up everything to do with NFTs for me. The smell remains rotten and I will, again, run away and fast. NFTs are just a way to represent something unique on a blockchain. The smell comes from the pixel art NFTs. Your position on a uniswap v3 pair is represented as an NFT (no pixels associated), while v2 used ERC20 tokens (fungible) Suppose you own a car rental. You can represent the available cars as NFTs an…
You can . But why? Hertz probably likes managing their inventory with an in-house database rather than integrating with some other ecosystem they have limited control over. NFTs offer the ability to separate ownership and management of a thing from the business that created that thing. That makes no sense for a company that has inventory they personally control and doesn't want people to resell for liability reasons.
I’ve had people make arguments like this before. Sure, it could be used but if it offers no benefit over a traditional database, or in some cases, drawbacks, what’s the incentive?
Someone made a similar argument about Steam adopting NFTs a while back, which made no (business) sense to me.
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#59The overwhelming consensus in this thread and in the replies to that tweet is dissent on the basis of the many completely obvious holes in the author's reasoning, which I won't get into here. What I'd like to appreciate is the uniqueness of the blockchain space in its seemingly bottomless capacity to generate these bold propositions for which blockchain is _blatantly_ ill-equipped to solve whatever problem is at hand…
> The type that could influence otherwise [...] well-meaning, [...] people
If any thing, this sector tends to prove the emptiness of the "well-meaning" term. It reminds me of Arendt's claim about the banality of Eichmann's evil .
In the current case, well-meaning simply doesn't exist. It's an excuse people use after the fact, but in reality, the people described this way are usually either thoughtless about the morality of their actions or corrupted by their own interests. They can't be well meaning, because their means don't factor in ethics.
The point Arendt makes is that you don't need to deliberately do evil to be evil. Not thinking is enough. As for the crypto crowd, I hope that the people that didn't think through the consequences of their actions will come to realize it before they do something really fucked up.
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#60This is daft, it’s assuming the only thing important in hiring is previous technical experience. As Dee Hock said : “ Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without unde…
Just skimming this thread and was blown away by this quote. Thanks!