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May 7, 2021
By Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Dr. Barabasi is a professor of network science at Northeastern University and at Central European University. He leads the BarabasiLab, a collective of scientists and artists.
Ever since a computer file made by the digital artist known as Beeple sold at auction in March for $69 million, observers of the art world have been fascinated and bewildered by the astronomical spike in prices for this type of work â so-called NFT-based art. These are digital creations that, because they are otherwise easily susceptible to being copied and reproduced, are sold as unique assets in the form of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, which use blockchain technology to certify authenticity and proof of ownership. (Beepleâs piece was a collage of images that he had posted online every day since 2007.)
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It has been an interest of mine for a long time – this question concerning the production of knowledge systems. The part that I will not focus on is the epistemological process of knowledge production – this question of how we know what we know.