RE: Introducing David Hay. Plus "Will crypto and blockchain divide humanity"?
Hi @crypto.piotr
Thank you for this nice article. The question you brought up really made me think "Will crypto and blockchain divide humanity?"...
I think that at the moment crypto, blockchain and such have already divided us. A very large part of the population just have no clue about it and ignore the potential of this technology.
A good exemple of it was visible through the medias at the end of last year. People started to invest in cryptos without having the necessary knowledge to understand what it really is. The hype swaped over on the traditional medias that reported about the latest price peaks and excesses. What I have read made me think that we have a society in which there are three groups:
- the crypto geeks: they know about the technology. Use it and profit from the potential.
- the gold searchers: they just do know that the prices fluctuate. They invest in cryptos and ico's without knowing how they work. They are very in danger to be scammed and loose money. This lack of knowledge can bring about regulatory effects of governments.
- the clueless: they do not know anything about the technology. Do not try to understand it unless they are educated in it.
I remember 15 years ago, I used a mobile phone for the first time to contact my future wife which lived 2000 km away. Today everybody has a phone and you can do amazing stuff with them. The speed of the technological advance is amazing and ever accelerating recently.
It is up to us to make sure that the technolgy becomes available to everybody
What I want to say is: Yes the technology divides humanity but we are at the very beginning of this technology and it is not possible at the moment to know what and how much of it will prevail. The success of the technology really depends on us the crypto geeks. If we want to make sure that the technology develops and becomes popular for all humanity, we have a duty to educate as many people as possible. So in a way it is up to us to make sure that the technology will not divide but unify humanity.
I've never expected such a long and informative reply. OMG. i love it! :)
Im going to have read it and then re-read it before I will even start replying hehehe (answering to long posts is never easy)
"I think that at the moment crypto, blockchain and such have already divided us. A very large part of the population just have no clue about it and ignore the potential of this technology."
OMG. We're so much on the same page. You would be surprissed how many people seem to see things differently. Through pink glasses. Im hearing that world will be better place, that goverments will not be needed etc. I see this technology dividing society like knife would go through butter.
"People started to invest in cryptos without having the necessary knowledge to understand what it really is."
You may find my reply very strange and unusual. I like to think outside the box sometimes. So I also started with crypto at the end of 2017. I could tell that market is overheated and we will crash soon. So I invested just some money I could lose and I experienced january crash. I could avoid it easily. But I figured that learning process is way better once we're losing money. Because we're psychologically becoming stronger and we start to understand our emotions better.
You mentioned 3 different groups. Which one you would be in? :)
"The speed of the technological advance is amazing and ever accelerating recently."
Im honestly terrified. I know that once I will be old (age of 60-70) then I wont be able to catch up with technology.
I see our parents being overwhelmed already. We will have it much worse.
I made my first contest ever. Would you mind checking it out and sharing your feedback? And perhaps also commenting as Im interested what is your view on discussed issue:
https://steemit.com/blockchain/@crypto.piotr/mini-contest-how-ai-supported-by-growing-blockchain-technology-can-change-the-world
I would really appreciate if you could share some of your experience with me :)
Cheers, Piotr
Sorry for the long comment, sometimes I cannot help it ;-). Thanks also for your extensive answer.
I would definitely consider myself as a crypto geek, but one who is technically limited. I would love to be able to code things myself.
I think you did a great job with your first competition. I wrote a comment, resteemed and upvoted ;-).
"Thanks also for your extensive answer."
Sometimes I also cannot help :)
Thank you so much for your support! You're the man!