Cosmology, space exploration, bio, nanotech are no more fiction, they are facts, AI and machine learning are ready to enter in our smartphones, imitate artists, fly our drones and even help Alzheimer patients when their memory fail.
We are living such exciting times. Nothing is impossible nowadays.
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The future is ready, are you ?
In the meantime, if the technical innovations are taking a steep curve, it is much more difficult to change the ideas, the philosophy behind the things, the references people have learned from decades, centuries. The institutions.
When I was a child I watched so many SciFi movies and mangas that I often had nightmares with robots :-). I will be straightforward, it is not the technology that should concern you, it is the ideas. Disruptive technology mixed with outdated ideas can actually be dangerous.
Do you really own your money ?
Persistent ideas are also dangerous in the economy. The main risk is to believe that you are dependant from the institutions. We are tied with all kind of loan and contracts, we are making an incredible amount of transactions, money transfers, currency exchange. We have to pay high fees for poor services.
I am from Switzerland (yep the banks country), and people here are happy with the financial services they have, they pay a huge amount of fees, especially if they are not rich, they wait several days for a wire transfer while their fridge is maybe empty, but they are happy with it. In the other hand, I am now an expatriate in Thailand and do you know what, here account maintenance is free, money transfers are free and instantaneous, inter banks instant transfers are so cheap. You can pay your utility bills with NFC in every 7/11. So why a third world country is more advanced with his banking system than one of the richest country in the world ? Because of profits. They just milk the cow and the cow is happy.
Why the blockchain is disruptive ?
Because it will allow us to bypass the middleman. Do you think Airbnb and Uber are a huge step forward ? They take a good 20% in fees and exchange rate. Wait for such services in the blockchain. It will be a paradigm change.
Why Steemit will change everything ?
Because if not why I can't get steemit out of my mind since 3 days ? It is the perfect gateway for people to discover the cryptocurrencies. It will give people the opportunity to link the blockchain technology with the ideas behind it. Why am I sure about this ? Because yesterday I had never had one crypto coin, and today I have 3 steem. I cant stop thinking about this and I am writing an article about it.
Count me in !
Steem will change everything for one simple reason - soccer mom, who only knows how to use facebook, can learn to use this system and reap the benefits.
totally agree