RE: Decenternet - The Ambitious Blockchain Replacement For the Internet - Backed By ARPANET! (And Sent To Us By Extra Terrestrials?)
And then you remember that it's not just technology which we are creating. When I was born, nobody could even conceive of these concepts, and the world was a very very different place.
Back then, the very idea of talking about decentralised on-demand, high speed information sharing, backed by a digital currency that you couldn't ever hold in your hand, owned by nobody, yet available to everybody, yes back then talking about these things might have earned you a stay in a padded room.
Not even one generation later and here we are.
Not only is it a concept which people are talking about, not just something that lives purely on a technological level, but also the Metaphysical, the Philosophical, the head twistingly Non-Euclidian, and the completely-blow-your-brain-up-when-you-even-try-to-think-about-it Levels.
Yep, shit's just got quite interesting hasn't it?
Hehe - padded rooms are greatly underappreciated :)
My understanding is that once acceptance is gained for ideas within the inner realm of thought and emotion - the outer has a chance to change to bring about the manifestation of that idea - so maybe TV shows like Star Trek and Star Wars have a significant involvement in our apparently rapid acceleration..
Then again, we have to consider - how exactly did we come to be on this planet with minimal recollection of the ride here? Maybe we are actually just catching up with where we once were millennia ago - except this time we have an almighty hangover and aren't exactly sure where 'home' is. :)
Regardless, though, of the details of the story - It is important to understand that any concept we can manifest in technology, we must first manifest within ourselves - so removing our own inner 'dictator' and 'censor' is an important stage in bringing about the liberation we need.
If only Robert Anton Wilson and Terence McKenna were here to see this.....
Ah yes, maybe they are here in some way.. At least their logic lives on in their readers!