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I’ve been thinking about how NFTs are different from ordinary “costly” signals.

NFTs directly come with a price attached. An attached dollar value is the problem.

The difference between receiving an expensive ‘looking’ gift and and a gift with an expensive price tag attached.

Maybe I’m wrong, but being subtle about the effort/cost is a big part of these signalling. NFT skips all of that.

That reminds me of an article I read recently about New York's high-end nightlife scene, where wealthy men engage in an indirect form of purchase of attention from young attractive women, but obfuscated so that it does not appear transactional. There could be something to that.

Don't suppose you have a link or can recall what it was published in? Sounds like an interesting read

I did search for the article to provide a link in the comment, but I wasn't able to find it.

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