RE: Thoughts On The State Of Steemit & Why Humility Is The Path To Wisdom
It is terribly disheartening to see the feuds, the flag wars, the childish name calling and the number of amazing people its driven from the platform. When I first arrived here almost 2 years ago and saw the calibre of some of the writing and the number of people busy forming communities, running competitions and fund raising for others, I believed we could create something much better than a microcosm of the real world.
I still hope that we are better than pasting 100 shitty pictures on other people’s posts and I take some solace in the number of stalwarts still here working to improve things. But perhaps the divisive nature of the human condition can only ever produce societies rife with division so that here, as in the real world, the mutual tolerance, respect and cooperation so many of us profess to want, will always be beyond our reach.
Hey my friend .. hope you're looking forward to a good weekend. It really is disheartening to see all the people that have been driven from the platform .. equally if you're here as a writer, the bullshit kind of destroys that creative spark .. it becomes more difficult to find inspiration within such an environment. I think there is still a strong will to be better than the sum of our parts .. I just feel that the format needs to change to accomodate such idealism. I agree with the divisive nature of the human condition .. but I watch/study people (not in the peeping tom sense lol) and I feel that these divisions are manipulated and kind of hardwired into us .. for me the truth of who we are (who we can be) exists in the flurry of the moment. You know when people see someone in need (they have had an accident etc) the overall knee jerk reaction of people is to help (often putting themselves at great danger) and for me that is the true unfiltered nature of who we are .. hence all the divisive bullshit it saddens me, because I know what we could be and what we could achieve. Thanks for the great comment @deirdyweirdy
I am struck by the dissonance between the strategy of corruption, which seeks to decrease the power of others so that it's own is relatively greater, and beneficence, which seeks to increase the power of others so that together we are stronger.
When we gain understanding of the mechanisms through which these strategies are effected, and develop code that deploys that wisdom, these petty powerplays will become obsolete. Real power has always been created by mutual beneficence.
Corruption always weakens everyone.
Over time evolutionary forces will demonstrate this reality and better society will result from better implementations of the blockchain.
I am struck by how the strategies of corruption, which seek to diminish the power of others so that their own power is relatively greater, and beneficence, which seeks to increase the power of others so that together we can become stronger, contrast.
As we gain understanding of the mechanisms that enable corruption and beneficence, primarily stake-weighting, particularly on Steem, we will see implementations of the blockchain that prevent corruption and prompt beneficence. If Steem cannot be reformed to solve these challenges, new implementations of this very new technology will.
Evolutionary forces will demonstrate that societies that mutually reinforce each other create greater power, and those the undermine each other decrease their strength.
It's just a matter of time and incremental improvement to the technology.