Our memories have order

• Our reality, anything but
• Try as we might, our collections spread through our homes (& in our case: wallets)
• We find them in shoe boxes, night-stand drawers, bookshelves
• But when we see that Pokémon card
• We're teleported through time & space

Selective Memory

• We've gone through a lot together ... these past 7 days
• Grew up, found our place in world, journeyed through the abyss, & made it to the other side
• Finally bought our home
• Now we can relax some - in moments between life

Nostalgia Drives Collecting

• Hot collecting markets in any era
• It's what the people age 35-55 are buying
• When you've bought your home, have your cars
• And life is stable ... people dig to past and buy what they wanted as kids

We are all Collectors

• Some started collecting in web3, some had history in other markets
• We often hear in web3, it's all about the art
• To the point where the phrase is approaching meme status
• But collecting typically is less about art
• & mostly centered on nostalgia

Collecting in Digital Landscape

• Time here seems to move faster
• We experience ample trauma, we spend more time in the Abyss and often revert back
• Nostalgia here: like a synthetic diamond
• Memories compressed by volatility
• Quick forming nostalgia

Remains to be seen

• If nostalgia will drive buying in medium term
• But as enough of us pick up that odd ball piece
• We wanted back in 2021 when it was 30x today's price
• Perhaps nostalgia may be the new narrative
• But don't speculate ... only collect what transports you