Remember when everyone freaked out in the '90s? The panic was real—only wealthy folks would afford computers, internet access, all that digital stuff. They called it the "digital divide." Sounded scary.

Fast forward. That prediction? Totally backwards.

Here's what actually happened: Digital became the cheap option. Almost free, in fact. Your phone packs more computing power than NASA used to land on the moon, and you probably got it on a payment plan.

Meanwhile, physical goods? They became the luxury flex. Real books. Vinyl records. Handwritten letters. Tangible assets now carry premium price tags because scarcity creates value.

The irony is delicious. We worried about digital exclusivity when physical scarcity was about to become the real status symbol. In crypto and Web3, we're watching this play out again—digital assets seeking artificial scarcity to create value in an infinitely replicable world.