Steemit, Neo and the Architect - the Solution to an Anomaly

The Matrix Trilogy has many memorable scenes but one that stands out for its discourse, rather than action, is the meeting between Neo and the Architect.

Neo: Why am I here?

The Architect: Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden to sedulously avoid it, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.

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Neo: There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.

The Architect: Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly’s systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.

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Neo: Choice. The problem is choice.

The Architect: The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, thus I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.

Neo: The Oracle.

The Architect: Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.

So how is this relevant to Steemit? The equations that regulate the blockchain and control the consequences of human interactions on that blockchain are very simple. But we know from mathematics that complex behaviour can arise from very simple equations; the logistic equation is merely a quadratic, x = Rx(x-1). The important thing is the feedback between iterations, the feedback between users.

I am therefore as surprised as the Architect to see anomalies being thrown up by simple equations when applied to a multitude of people. The perfect Matrix did not work because nobody believed it. And as the anomaly manifests, so arises a solution. We do not have a Steemit Neo, but we do have a Zion. Recall that the citizens of Zion have also become aware of the anomalies; each on their own cannot solve the problem but collectively they give meaning to Neo's mission.

The solution is to find the solution, the next iteration of Steemit, before a systemic crash.

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