Excellent post. More great thought-provoking content from you @tarazkp!
”An SMT could essentially just create an identical look and feel platform and offer an identical service as well as adding all of the benefits a blockchain holds, including the freedom of content that the centralized platforms cannot.“
Hopefully, someone(s) is(are) already hard at work on doing just that!
”.. a reduction in useless celebrities who provide nothing of value but get rewarded, a reduction in the ability for global masses to be controlled through generalized narratives and an increase in personal responsibility. “
Absolutely (emphasis mine …). ”Preach it brother” @tarazkp! 😉
”Rather than paying for and consuming the content of centralized mega providers, more people may choose to pay and consume from smaller, fringe and individual contributors instead, people like you and I. “
Yep! One of the many reasons why I am still “in here” …
From my experience in life and system of belief, the ultimate opportunity, however the details may unfold, is based on fully releasing the unfathomable creative power of us as individuals. Unshackled from despotic, tyrannical centers of power over us, laboring in total liberty to continuously generate in whatever way we deem to best in our best interest. That’s the “good news” version of the future …
What? There’s ”bad news?” You touch on some of it in your post. It is inevitable that not everyone will achieve their desired outcomes. Just as in “the real world.” For the reasons you state and more. And how, then, will they respond? Beyond that, human nature in all of its ”glory” left unchecked, can go down some “dark and twisty” paths. So … Wisely managing that and determining the best path forward via some sort of a governance mechanism is not a trivial topic. At least not to me …
The volatile mix of these two aspects of our living in this time in human history @tarazkp, is what fascinates this Steemian. How will it ”play out?’ Well, we seem, coming into it from our different places in the big, wide world, to have a front-row seat to experiencing first-hand the answer.
I completely agree and I hope that we are on a way to solving a little piece of the riddle that unlocks this opportunity.
Personally, I am hoping that there will be a reattachment and support for responsibility to play a larger role, which is required to have the first part. This responsibility will likely include (in a practical sense) a type of global UBI that supports at least basic life. Again, blockchain is able to organise and support this.
Exciting isn't it?