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Seekers of the Eternal ( sote-nft.io ) describes itself as an online mentoring community, focused on self-actualization and selling NFTs.

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The Mind Garden ( themindgarden.io ) is some sort of online mentoring community. Their website is mobile-only. It's not clear what they teach or how to sign up, but once you do, it will involve an NFT.

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A group called "Mythia" is having a happy hour on Friday night. 1011 S Washington Ave. The topic of conversation: NFTs.

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A representative of newslettr.com gave out an NFT at the event - the "LAGRANGE" medal from the set of 74 Metallic Treasures of Science History medals mentioned in the week's news. In exchange, we received a hat. See Twitter for more.

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synd.live is another NFT. This one uses “multiverse” (or was it “metaverse”) as a buzz word.

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The commentary subthread.

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It is quite striking how the "NFT" crowd today are exactly the same personalities that would have bought baseball cards, Beanie Babies, or other collectibles in the 1990s. In fact, there are 30-some exhibitors selling those exactly collectibles from the 1990s.

There is still a certain degree of get-rich-quick talk, but the new zeitgeist is that if you wanted to make money in NFTs by being lucky, you are too late. If you want to make money now, you have to work for it.

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It is not clear what the intent of the conference is. Or rather, it is clear that it is a collage of multiple conferences.

Gary Vee seems to be auditioning for the role of “the next Oprah Winfrey”. The NFT software trade conference feels like a hurricane party. The collectibles trade show booths have been fairly well trafficked over the weekend.

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There are two separate bubbles going on here, and it can be hard to see the difference.

There is a technological bubble: a lot of people are extremely invested (financially and emotionally) in Ethereum. After a decade in the technology industry, I have a lot of detailed opinions about why ETH isn't worth nearly what its current market price is. { that's a different conversation }

But there is also a bubble related to celebrity. Personality rights. The new Name-Image-Likeness promotional language. A critical mass of people wants to hustle to become rich and famous, and the funnel isn't wide enough for everyone.

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