I knew some very respectable people who were shilling NFTs with all of their might. These were not crypto people with any kind of understanding of the technology or implications, but they were high level people in their fields. It was sad to see so many people get taken in by it, and even more, to transform into the hosts through which this idea spread. It was like watching some kind of mind virus. It was a short period of loud obsession, but they haven't mentioned it since.