Digital Relics: When Code Becomes Sacred Artifact

Relics once anchored belief in cathedrals. Online, screenshots and code do the same.

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NFTs act as reliquaries—stabilizing the intangible, sanctifying lines of code.

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Memes archived and repeated become talismans of belonging—digital shrines of culture.

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Who preserves digital relics controls memory—platforms and ledgers as treasuries of belief.

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Read the full essay at Artificial Opinion

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