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This chapter explains how recent phenomena, such as the pandemic and the diffusion of teleworking, have speeded up the adoption of quite a few technological innovations. Among these, the so-called Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)—that is, the cryptographic ownership certificates of digital objects (e.g., artworks, music plays, fashion products)—have the capacity to revolutionize the e-commerce as we know it. NFTs might re-shape consumers’ relationships with products and, in turn, with their own extended-selves, by changing their ideas of possession in an increasingly dematerialized world.
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Sestino, A., Guido, G., Peluso, A.M. (2022). Introduction. In: Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07203-1_1
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