RE: "Even Orwell And Huxley Couldn't Imagine The Threat Posed By Facebook And Google"
So let me get this straight:
George Soros is worried about totalitiarian entities?
Well isnt that the pot calling the kettle black.
Soros is one of the main players who are controlling the world right now. I guess he is upset that he has some competition for being the master. It is nuts to think this guy cares about humanity at all. Actually none of them at his level give a crap about people.
It is all about power to them and I guess that is at the heart of his speech. He does not like the idea that technology might be causing a power shift and there is a new regime on the way which makes the people like him captives too.
Of course, I am optimistic that blockchain is going to negate what is taking place. Overall, we are going to see a huge explosion of these over the next 5 years. STEEM is one that is helping to lay the foundation for the power struggle with the existing social media entities.
In a couple years, the different might be noticeable. I think we will also see the banks suffering over that same time. Governments will take a lot longer.
I think that you are too biased. There are multiple Billionaires that have pledged to help as much as they can. Most of the extremely wealthy dedicate a great deal of their time to philantropy, as they understand that the end is near. If we look at Bill Gates, his foundation is doing a lot of good things. And its not only him.
Putting everyone under the same cap is very harsh and does not reflect reality. They have done a lot of bad things, but they have also done a lot of good things. Without them blockchain technology was never going to be invented in the first place. Not everything is doomed!
The more I read your articles, the more I realize that you think that everybody involved in Blockchain is a saint and everybody from traditional business is a devil trying to destroy the world. LOL. What is your opinion on the numerous REWARD POOL RAPES in the community ? The thousands of self-upvotes, the thousands of abusers ! The billions stolen in scams?
The coin always has two sides. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks for your comment but I think you need to work on your realizations.
To start, did you really compare Bill Gates to George Soros? Where did you uncover the idea that I put any of them in the same class.
You mentioned billioniares, I mention banksters....they are two totally different entities.
I guess you missed my repeated comments about how much if a fan I am of Elon Musk (a billionaire) and Richard Branson (another billionaire). These are just two, of the many, who are actively doing things. Of course, they are not banksters (a term I guess you missed me using thousands of times).
Bankster, which Soros is, are corrupt and operate in a culture of where fraud and deceit are not only accepted but factored in as a cost of doing business. These are the true villians.
I really hope that this is not a serious statement. If that is your conclusion, you are far off the mark. Of course there is extremely shitty people involved in blockchain. How many times have I warned people to stay away from ICOs since a good portion of them are outright scams? I guess you missed those comments too.
Thousands of abusers? Exaggerating isnt going to make your point. Please detail how there are thousands of abusers on here. Unless you think that everyone who self upvotes is an abuser....of course how is one an abuser when it is allowed by the system (if that is your view that self upvoting is abuse)? Unless you think the entire STEEM rewards system is corrupt and ripe for fraud and abuse?
It seems there are a handful of people who get in the crosshairs for reward pool abuse. Of course, are they really running scams...or just highly successful. Outside one or two who garnered a great deal of attention, what others are there.
I may have goten ahead of myself. So after your clarification, I understand your point of view better, thank you.
Obviously I have missed some of your comments, that woud have shed a light on the matter.
I am not saying the entire Steem system is corrupt, but it definitely has problems. SteemDev's are also pretty concerned so, I am not making this up. I guess when the SBD problem is solved things will get a lot better.
However, thanks for the reply. Glad we are on the same page for the most of it.
And I am sorry if I got a bit defensive.
Yes there are problems...without a doubt. One of the biggest problems I see is the lack of communication from the Steemit development team. I believe in their capabilities and feel they will work the issues out, yet their communication is non-existent. I think they should improve on this...it doesnt take much to post an update every so often.
The downvoting situation could use addressing...there are a number of proposals out there that make some sense....hopefully there will be something put in place to allow for people to downvote reward pool rapes and spamming without using up all their VP.
The reason I am so excited about blockchain is I believe it will create abundance for most people. This takes away the need for these corrupt antics. Will there always be a few bad apples? Sadly, yes...it is unavoidable.
Nevertheless, if most of the world has some basic necessities that comes from cryptocurrencies, then we are operating on a much higher place as a species. The existing power structure will not give up the control easily but I think, in the end blockchain will win out.
Decentralization is just too powerful.
Agree ! Thank you ! You are a cool dude, who knows what he is talking about :)
All these problems there is only one solution we now have Qin Block technology
So this is the case and soon you will see it
And the use of the slave currency