In the Middle Ages, due to high illiteracy rates, paintings often served as the main medium of communication. Today, media communicates through monitor screens and their pixels. Pixels are rectangular dots created by hardware that combine to form text or images. Currently, the pixel is the smallest unit of media communication. Cryptopunks, NFTs created by Canadian software developers Matt Hall and John Watkinson in 2017, are images composed of rough-resolution pixels. Although their value has increased due to their historical significance, ‘Cryptopunk #7523’ from the series was sold for $11,754,000 at Sotheby’s auction on June 10, 2021, because it conveyed rarity and history through its rough pixelation. This NFT, which utilizes square pixels as a tool, conveys a similar concept to Lego blocks, which are meant to be constructed with blocks. In media, messages are created, distributed, and valued based on the nature of the expression tool. The tool is the message. - Joseph’s “just my th...
Not running out of time, but it's hesitation to make your priority what's most important with a stressful mind by yourself. However, even if you have made a decision your priority when you feel a lack of time, you're taking a burden beyond your capacity or yet to equip the proper system to carry it out. Neither is desirable. Not all of them are, but most of the time, you tend to be poor if you're busy for no reason. You may be busy for a while, but you should be alert to stay busy because it's easy to lose your health, to lose your money, and eventually to lose your people. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”