For mass adoption of crypto to happen, the masses need to be educated but but how much time and effort should really be spent trying to convince people who are set in their ways? Rather, wouldn't it be better to replace the ways? Replacing the ways doesn't require mass education, it requires concentration.
At Steem, I see this as the role of Dapps and coming SMTs as they create alternatives for the masses to jump ship from where they currently are and start into earning crypto. The problem of course is, what is the point of earning if there is nothing to spend it on? Which is obviously coming and, will continue be integrated into the various systems that are already used through banks and financial services.
The banks of course will have to come on board because their customer base is going to begin using cryptocurrencies in some form to streamline their business models and once that happens, the investment into crypto and blockchains becomes ubiquitous.
But, this isn't the spoon feeding I am really talking about, this is just one facet of it.
Freedom comes with responsibility and unfortunately, this is something that most people aren't taught as their freedom is actually dependent on entitlement, privilege and the masters who grant it. To understand this however takes education namely, deprogramming and learning. It has been going on for 2000 years or more through various philosophies but, with the development of global communications, this might be the first time in history that it is somewhat achievable on the scale required to tip the balance.
What I question is that how long should any one individual spend trying to convince those around them to start investigating the alternative worlds that they do not yet see, although they exist. For the average person, the crypto world for example is one that is filled with mystery and complexity, if known about at all. For most, all they know is, Bitcoin does something or doesn't.
To get involved takes a great deal of learning as there are so many niche areas and so much FUD, scam and technical requirements that for average people, the hurdle is too high. Investing into getting one or two people involved is rather a monumental effort. At what point does one say, I can't invest more into this person and move on?
This goes with everything though doesn't it? How much energy can be invested into a person who fights change? Wouldn't it be better to find the people who are already changing? Those people are the ones who are going to be invested into investing themselves into change and will already be partly autonomous in their approach, rather than completely reliant on instruction.
The problem is that no matter how some people are approached, unless they see the need, they aren't going to be interested and will continually make up excuses to not look into something and expect that if it is valuable, someone will hand it to them on a platter. At the point of platter service, the value is largely gone and one becomes a user rather than a first mover. Part of the masses who adopted.
It is a hard process though as people that are close and in need are among those who do not see the value in investing into the potential of uncertainty. I am sure that for those who got excited at the potential of Bitcoin early, found it a very hard sell to their friends and family at the time. Any regrets from family now I wonder?
Again, this goes for all opportunities as for most, they need to be spoon fed in order to do anything but, they are not children, they are the entitled. This is part of the responsibility of being an individual though, when does one stop investing? Do you know? Does it depend on whether it is an acquaintance, a family member, a lover, a child? At what point does one cut them loose and say, you are on your own?
Everyone is on their own aren't they? This is one of the core issues with the world currently as people expect help to do things that only they can do. No amount of advice can lift a weight at the gym for a person and, no one can do the learning for you. It is up to you but for most, they want it pre-chewed and partly-digested so that it is easy for them to consume.
When things change however and they realize that instead of being a mover, they become glued to the masses they will protest and exclaim "Why didn't you tell me"
We did tell, we did.
The masses are made up of individuals who either didn't have the opportunity to, or the foresight for, being one of the leaders. It is part of the process unfortunately that at least in the world we have created so far and the skills we have as humans, not everyone can be a first adopter as not everyone is willing to invest into learning in uncertainty before the system is definite.
Taraz
[ a Steem original ]