Biomimicry, Blockchain, DAOs, NFTs.
Our epistemic arrogance continues to take credit for the intuitively obvious, and organically prevalent under the banner of the semantic web. DAOs, blockchain, NFTs, metaverse, AI and ML, all proclaimed “novel concepts” and entirely attributed to mankind’s genius, when they are merely a rebrand of the abundance of network intelligence found intrinsically and exhaustively all around us. After all, we can only give rise to systems previously known to us, and by us.
For Better or Worse: Metaverse
The metaverse affords just the degree of separation needed to beg forgiveness instead of ask for permission. The footprint of these imaginary stores located on these fictitious worlds costs real world resources to run. To keep people from focusing on this truth, the metaverse separates people from one another and ensures we all disregard the planet we all depend on.