A question that often lingers in our minds is our perception of things. Thousands of years ago, the philosopher Plato imagined that we were all in a cave. We are prisoners in that place, seeing only shadows from the outside world. The proper forms exist beyond the cave, but we can never see them, only what the shadows show us.

Plato's allegory begs the question: Do we see the truth, beauty, happiness, or grief? Or are they merely what we perceive them to be?

In this AI-generated illustration, Plato's cave is reimagined and made part of the blockchain. Philosophy meets technology; the best of both worlds are here now.