Why are we here and What are we doing?

First of all, I must tell you that I do not have the first damn clue! That begs the question: Why am I writing this post. Well I do not know. I just felt like it. That being said I have been asked that question a number of times, here in the platform by multiple people. So I think it is perhaps my obligation to explore it a bit.

Lot of us know, when the famous explorer and mountaineer George Mallory was asked "Why did you want to climb Mount Everest (now Sagarmatha)?" his famous simple response was "Because it is there" . However, to me, although it is a nostalgic comment, and I personally used it a lot, but it is nothing but a deflection. Today, I am not thinking about a deflection.

Hive, it a way, is like an Utopia. Sort of like this picture above (my take, no post-processing). Someone told me that its Paradise. Actually it is! No I am serious quite literally... that picture is from Reflection Lake, at Paradise, WA, in the northwest United States. It is a real place, you can google it. Someone else said.... Bambi is REAL! Well, of course Bambi is real. I believe it. When I see the movie with my kids I still believe it. What I am getting at, what is real and what is Utopia, is up to your belief. If is often better to believe the story is real, that improves the experience significantly.

Why am I posting in BDC

There is a reason. Recently I helped promote quality of writing among a largely misunderstood (but highly talented) community members for about 5 weeks. The improvements were dramatic. Often times, in regional communities, people are fearful about lack of fluency in English. I tried to explain that language is not a barrier, it is a conduit. So the first step often is to write. Write anything meaningful that might be interesting to someone else in any language of your choice. I think many have crossed that barrier. So the next step is writing in English. And it is just about practice. So I thought I rather post this random rambling here. Hoping it might inspire a few.

So back at it

There are many schools of thought about Hive. Whether it can succeed or not. What form it will succeed. What the future will be like.... so on and so forth.... I am not here to talk about any of those. This is more a personal thought... and not entirely logical. It does not have to be. In my mind, I see a lot of people who are longing to talk to another human. There are numerous platforms out there that capitalize on this longing. This is just another. But the difference is there is no one to capitalize.... at least not directly (one-on-one). Meaning your longing for company is not directly monetizing a central authority. It is a bit reverse.

You are monetizing your social interaction

We are helping you to do that. If you think about it, that is quite unique. At the same time, quite powerful.

But with great power, comes great responsibility

It is a cliche, unfortunately. But it is quite true. So here's an idea. Why don't we use hive as a quest for ourselves. Whatever that is. It does not have to be unique. It does not have to be big or small. I recently re-read Paulo Coelho's Alchemist for the 3rd time perhaps. Borrowing the concept from there, I am thinking, why can't Hive be our Personal Legend, and our journey is to follow it as a quest. We make bridges to no where, we connect minds and thoughts across the borders both geographically and socially.

I recently shot this picture of a bridge to no where. Those low clouds won't even let me see what is off to the horizon. But I felt the need to build the bridge, across culture, age, economic and social barriers. Because it is important to build the bridges. It help move opinions and even wealth, both monitory and emotional. Its the movement of goods and services that helps us grow the economy, the GDP. So that's why I am here. I am here to build bridges.

The rest is Maktub.