Marik Hazan was a prominent investor who founded Tabula Rasa Ventures. This Venture Capital firm specializes in investing in developing markets for psychedelics. On May 31, 2021 Marik issued the first NFT to conscious awareness.

As NFTs continue to gain popularity, new uses are constantly being found for Non-Fungible Tokens. Hazan feels that this last frontier in economic markets will let anyone feel the “state of being” of another when technologies such as VR and Neuralink come online. Hazan says that

Qualia or states and consciousness of mind will be our most precious resource. Even as we live in the digital age, many people want to be able to meditate and create like Elon Musk. It’s almost like taking MDMA.

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The cost of NFTs have risen significantly in the last year. There are hundreds of digital artworks that sell for many millions of dollars. Even though NFT is growing, Hazan’s NFT still costs quite a bit.

Hazan elaborates even more on his beliefs.

It is very expensive, I agree. Although nobody will buy it right away, Flamingo DAO and Christie’s are aware that art represents an individual’s conscience. They also have an interest in NFT art environments. The NFT is the tool that allowed us to make the first attempt at finding the “source code” of any work of art. Mona Lisa picture by Da Vinci, Basquiat’s debut artwork. The emergence and expression of states of consciousness through qualia art movements is at least worth $100 million, according to my estimation.”

Hazan admits that EEGs may not accurately portray a person’s consciousness. He does however maintain that the brain is an important component of the whole picture.

Hazan says that Hazan’s art was inspired by the cave paintings. As follows:

“As long and we’re still here, it’s going to be a gradual integration into and migration into the digital world. Markets for conscious states should be expected, and it would not surprise me if qualia could also be available to purchase or sell in the future. NFT’s research has demonstrated that this will become a common practice over the next decade.

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