Spoon Feeding & Hand Holding In A Decentralised World

Hey Jessindepedants

I am somewhat conflicted when it comes to the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency as I see it as a way to reboot things and change a lot of habits I feel are not constructive to us as we move into a new world. One of them is hand-holding and spoon-feeding, a way we've been taught our entire lives.

If you've been in any traditional schooling system, you'll know you're assigned a path on how you will learn, complete this task with the rest of the class, and we all move on to the rest. Some may grasp it quickly; others understand it in the allocated time and those who don't are kept behind and fail.

Spreading the good news

When I first got into crypto, I used to think that it was up to me to spread the good news and get more people involved, to see the magic that's happening in this space and see the current system for the shambles it is today and I don't regret that experience. I learned that people are highly resistant to change; they love being comfortable and would rather not have to adapt.

In a world of instant gratification systems and products are designed to make the user lazy, to be as passive as possible to get the desired results. The moment it's a little bit harder, requires learning, reading, research, engagement with people in the know many participants shut off.

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Systems shouldn't be an excuse for ignorance

A big part of not getting into blockchain is the tools are tough to use; the information is not easily categorised for people to find and understand. They shouldn't need to understand the way it works, and we pander to the stupidity of people. We accept that people are dumb as rocks and can't learn or won't be willing to learn so we should close the gap as far as possible to get them to leap. I used to think along those lines too.

Like if only the technology gets better if only the regulation is more friendly if only mainstream functions adopt it like stores and banks but do this not defeat the purpose of creating something new? I'm all for different degrees of solutions like custodial wallets for people who aren't ready for completely off the grid finance and believe we should all have a choice.

I feel as if the products will improve with time and while the number of users will increase the vast majority will never think of moving over completely short of complete and total collapse. As long as the traditional systems work and the perceived confidence, trust and benefits, be it mindless are there the consumer will remain and to me, that's their choice.

If you get burned by your bank, an insurance company or government without having any protection against a possible downside, is it anyone's fault but your own? Pleading ignorance that you "didn't know" won't help you, especially in the world today where you have access to all information at an instant.

Adapt or be left behind

When it comes to technology, humans are surprisingly fast at picking up how to use it even if there is no handbook. You see kids learning how to use Smartphones as if they were born with them in their hands and make use of functions without the need for a handbook, its a trial and error approach.

But if you're not willing to try and get some skin in the game then should I be trying to convince you? I feel as if I'm taking a more Darwinian approach to cryptocurrency and decentralisation and using it as an acid test. To be used for people I meet and speak to and engage with and how far im willing to participate.

I don't want to sound elitist or snobbish, but I feel the barrier to entry is not such a bad thing, perhaps we should allow for there to be some commitment for those wanting to move over. To place the onus on themselves to accept this new ideology of their own free will and not try to be another movement trying to force their goals and messages down peoples throats.

Financial freedom is of no use if people don't learn to use freedom of choice, thought, speech and opinion. In a genuinely free market, the wrong decisions are even more important than the good ones as they show where capital should not be placed and markets become efficient over time.

I'd like for crypto to embody free-market ideals.

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