So a few weeks ago I announced that I was going to be doing an NFT project for our graphic novel, God's Dog.

And I guess I was kind of surprised at the reaction, super positive, extremely negative, and it seems to be turning into one of the most controversial things I've ever done, which is strangely hilarious. But it

seems to give an opportunity to maybe talk a little bit about the symbolism of NFTs, which will

end up being something about understanding a little bit better, the symbolism of the margin,

the symbolism of what Mathieu in his book called the symbolism of time.

And so I did call Mathieu, and we had a long conversation on the phone to try to see how it would be the best way to present this to you.

And so here is the result. We're going to talk about the symbolism of NFTs.

This is Jonathan Peugeot, and welcome to the Symbolic World. So everybody these days is talking about NFTs for good and for ill. There's a lot of buzz around them, especially since the Board ApeYacht Club, which is probably the most popular NFT scheme out there, was on the cover of Rolling Soul magazine just a few weeks ago.

And so everybody's talking about it, and I'm seeing a lot of people make fun of it, saying it's a scam, other people saying no, that it's the future.

And so, you know, what is going on? Why is this, let's say, why,

what is the big deal? And so for those of you who don't know what NFTs are, there are non-fundgible

tokens. That is, they are basically contracts which declare that you own a digital property. That's what they are, you know.

And so they have several uses.

But for now, what seems to be the main use of the NFT is in the art world.

So you can buy a piece of art, a JPEG or a video or some sculpture.

And then you will have a proof that you bought it.

Usually those artworks will be sold in, will be sold in very limited amount, either a one

printoff or maybe just a few.

And so you get this contract, basically, that you own the NFT and that you own this digital artwork.

The contract is on the blockchain, usually through Ethereum, but it can be done through other cryptos.

And so your ownership of it is inscribed on the blockchain, basically.

So you can transact it, you can sell the NFT,

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