History According to Bookie-journalists on the Blockchain?

Let's start at the top.

We're all (mostly) using pseudonyms on here, in that hacker-y way of selecting your Matrix name. But plenty of us have already etched something probably identifiable into the blockchain's inimitable record. We're leaving partial thumbprints and dander all over it, in fact.

But if we're careful, and we're still protecting what's ours the best we can, we have proof of what we say and do, transparently rather than hidden. We would love free, open exchange of ideas and to break down the back doors of those that rule us.

A Further Forecast

Who knows if Steemit or Augur or Civic or Civil (that's the journalism blockchain platform) are going to be viable down the line. Hell, there might even end up being a mix of these in a revolting blockchain version of /pol/ as we truly enter a world of WH40k non-fiction (sorry if you're a fan of either of these but please-god-no) as the dominant medium upon which society rests. We just don't know yet.

(sidenote)

We know US politicians flip flop with a good bit of regularity. Maybe some of these represent genuine changes of policy after careful consideration of the evidence or their respective constituencies, but come on, they're almost universally megalomanic slimeballs. They'll say one thing and turn coat as an electability expediency.

Tying it back to today:

Don't we want something more these days? Aren't we yearning for accountability? Isn't the kind of leadership we need in this day in age a person with some skin in the game? Who only says they will do something if they will commit, and accept the losses if it fails? Is integrity so difficult? (Please forgive the rhetorical question, because the answer is actually yes, unfortunately.)

If these so-called "leaders" don't believe what they say, how can we count on them to innovate solutions? There's a difference between implementing a risky idea and erecting a useless bureaucracy. We get far too much of the latter.

Bigger Picture

There is a spiritual demand for this openness, and one that could change the course of human history if we can proof it against global cataclysm. We could force governments to engage with the people on the very permanent record, let them make some semblance of a commitment, and rest assured knowing that they know we're coming with pitchforks if they back down or fail gracelessly or cast blame.

I can't end this with an answer, only a question: is this not worth it? How do we do this?

References

1. Civic
2. Civil: Self-Sustaining Journalism
3. An older article, but an cousin of Steemit
4. Satoshi and the Cosmic Code: a Blockchain Universe?

Previously from the Written Bird

Check the later links, some of them might still be fresh and piping hot!

1. After a rocky start
2. Blockchain and Parenthood
3. Across the Fruited Plain
4. Not Quite Kafka, Not Quite Spiderman
5. The Blockchain is a Rudimentary Universe
6. THE BIRTH OF GOD
7. The Free People and the Hegemon
8. The Genie in the Bottle: What Quantum Computing Means for All of Us
9. Are Ya There, God? It's Me, Written Bird.

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