RE: Netocracy - The Book That Predicted The Rise Of The Blogger And The New Elite
Cracking post, and inspiring vision! I hope you are right and will check out the book when/if I get time!
Capitalism and democracy have just about run their course, with corruption of both taking humanity close to the brink of destruction (not for the first time in its long history!). I'd love to see the dawn of a new meritocracy, and wouldn't it be great if Steem could help usher it in?
All the more reason for us to continue to provide unique original content. Also, all the more reason for continued tweaking of steem rep and reward mechanics to ensure that meretitious new voices are heard, and not discouraged by the difficulty of generating a readership as a new Steemer. Let's all work together to not simply recreate the existing capitalist paradigm on Steem!
You are right, however it's only been a couple of months, look at the long game, in 12 months time some of these undervalued writers today, could be Whales.
Keep producing, keep making intelligent points like this; and you will be noticed :-)
Cg
From my current economic position being a whale certainly has its appeal, but I'm not sure it's what I'd really want in the long term. On Steemit, with great reputation comes great responsibility!
Personally I'd rather see an ocean of meritorious dolphins, all making enough so that they don't have to worry too much about working for the man to make ends meet, so that they can continue to add their own content and each have enough power to bring great new material to light.
Don't get me wrong, I have massive respect for the current whale generation. Most are whales because they were actively involved (and continue to be involved) in the creation of this great platform. Others because they have added great content. I think Steem has the potential to be a serious game changer, and I wouldn’t want to see this evaporate because of a high attrition rate for new Steemers due to difficulty getting their initial material seen.
I've just posted on this idea, and what I believe is the astronomic potential future for the Steem platform. Please look it up if you’re interested! I haven’t put a link here as I know that’s pretty aggressive, but if you like it let me know as it would be great to pop a link here to give it a bit more exposure!
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