The Rewiring of the Niche: Selling Out, Commons Databases, & NFTs

New technology can change our relationships. When this happens, it both enables new ones to flourish while at the same time reframing or destroying old relationships. The former can be joyous, wonderful, and the latter can hurt and be depressing. A blockchain, a database in the commons, does both. New connections, new relationships have been forged while at the same time, with NFTs particularly, it’s ripping through old, established relationships. Besides the general critique against blockchain technology: environmental concerns alongside naked greed & speculation, I believe this effect - technology rewiring relationships - is a part of the unexamined nature of the unease. Why and how is blockchain technology (particularly NFTs) rewiring relationships?