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    <title>technology &amp;mdash; Andre Siregar</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[LINK] NFT does not make sense today, just like the internet did not make sense in 1995</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[iframe width=&#34;560&#34; height=&#34;315&#34; src=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/embed/fs-YpQj88ew?start=190&#34; title=&#34;YouTube video player&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allow=&#34;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#34; allowfullscreen/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Here&#39;s a funny video of Bill Gates, 27 years ago, struggling to explain the internet&#39;s potentials to Dave Letterman (starts at 3:10). Dave played it wittily for the audience, but his skepticism towards the internet, as a layman, is fully justified. &#xA;&#xA;NFT and web3 have certainly created a lot of debates and discussions among the digerati. I haven&#39;t found a good explanation on why NFT is better than the solutions we have today. But I think it&#39;s because my 2022 brains cannot perceive what technology we will have in 27 years. &#xA;&#xA;Hey, even a genius like Bill Gates could only see the internet as online magazines and chat rooms in 1995. &#xA;&#xA;technology&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Here&#39;s a funny video of Bill Gates, 27 years ago, struggling to explain the internet&#39;s potentials to Dave Letterman (starts at 3:10). Dave played it wittily for the audience, but his skepticism towards the internet, as a layman, is fully justified.</p>

<p>NFT and web3 have certainly created a lot of <a href="https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html">debates</a> and <a href="https://tim.blog/2021/10/28/chris-dixon-naval-ravikant/">discussions</a> among the digerati. I haven&#39;t found a good explanation on <em>why</em> NFT is better than the solutions we have today. But I think it&#39;s because my 2022 brains cannot perceive what technology we will have in 27 years.</p>

<p>Hey, even a genius like Bill Gates could only see the internet as online magazines and chat rooms in 1995.</p>

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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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