I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post @dougkarr and only wish that I saw it in time to upvote!

Your conversation represents the composite both of thoughts running around in my head over the last 18 months and conversations I've had with people of all generations.

Something that IS quite different for us genxers and younger that wasn't true in when our parents were young is that the almighty dollar is no longer backed by gold so really it functions similarly to crypto but since more people believe it in, it's less volatile for the time being at least.

I really like what you said about the impact of crypto for people in developing nations with already volatile currency and completely agree. Crytpo (steemit specifically) empowers them to have an access to wealth and to have a means to earn money that they otherwise don't.

Great food for thought, thanks for the great post!