Welcome to Steemit, @richard.romans!
I look forward to seeing some of your thoughts in posts. It'll be interesting to see how politics and blockchain technology will become entwined- already governments are looking at running entire regions on a blockchain. It could also help with voting by providing evidence that votes were real and not tampered (one only needs to look at the controversy surrounding the Russian election to see the need for that).
Happy Steeming!
I’m formulating a few posts for my basic philosophical outlook. I have also been having a good time reading others outlooks. It’s all very interesting. A brand new world in a way.