Star Trek legend and blockchain advocate, William Shatner, made and sold a non-fungible token (NFT) of an X-Ray of his teeth. The entrepreneur known as MetaKovan paid $69.3million to the digital artist known as Beeple for an NFT of “Everydays The First 5000 Days.” The price confounded many because anyone can view and copy it for free.
On the high seas, 64% of ship sinkings are due to a single phenomenon. They’re not caused by mechanical defects, nor crew error, but by “rogue waves.” These monsters, which can tower over 100 feet tall, form under certain nautical conditions and when large waves combine to magnify their strength. They can swamp even large container vessels, although prepared captains know when the seas are ripe for the danger.
A six-year-old nonprofit is showing that a small group of talented and dedicated people, leveraging exponentially growing technologies, can audaciously and realistically resolve to improve humanity’s future.
