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‘We don’t need to work anymore’: Local artists crack the code of NFTs

‘We don’t need to work anymore’: Local artists crack the code of NFTs But the digital trading mechanism is still rife with scams, hacks and copyright issues By Veronica Irwin Examiner staff writer • January 4, 2022 12:30 pm - Updated January 7, 2022 9:46 am Mark Sabb, a digital artist who runs an NFT digital art site called Felt from his home, says experimenting with NFTs has allowed him and his crew of collaborators to become financially independent. Mark Sabb, a digital artist who runs an NFT digital art site called Felt from his home, says experimenting with NFTs has allowed him and his crew of collaborators to become financially independent. In March, the digital artist Beeple made $69 million on the sale of a single piece of art. In April, a fake “second edition” of the artwork was created and sold in his name, potentially costing Beeple and collectors hundreds of thousands of dollars. Such is the promise and peril of NFTs. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, offer many potential benefi

Elon Musk Thinks Every Child Should Learn About These 50 Cognitive BiasesWould the world be more rational if we did as Musk recently suggested and taught kids about cognitive biases in school?

  ICONS & INNOVATORS Elon Musk Thinks Every Child Should Learn About These 50 Cognitive BiasesWould the world be more rational if we did as Musk recently suggested and taught kids about cognitive biases in school?  BY JESSICA STILLMAN, CONTRIBUTOR, INC.COM @ENTRYLEVELREBEL Elon Musk. Elon Musk.  Photo: Getty Images. Illustration: Inc. Magazine Whatever you think of Elon Musk's many Twitter scandals, sometimes odd public utterances, and past tax bills, one thing is for sure. The guy is clearly able to achieve the near impossible when it comes to engineering and innovation.  It's a skill he himself attributes to clear thinking. While others look around and see what other people are trying, or assume they can move the status quo only so much, Musk is a firm believer in what he calls "first principles thinking," or focusing solely on the basic truths and constraints of whatever field he's working in, and building up from there.  Article continues after video. An I