For those pondering what the digital age, blockchains, a free flow of information, and the technological magic of innovative disruption will bring to humanity, it is nothing short of a nihilistic smorgasbord. But only in the most positive light =). For those lost in the malaise, please primer up with some ordered anarchy (#Commissions Earned) and think of it like Star Trek with a Hangover.
For those looking to catch a little glimpse into our current future, perhaps the best quick shot analysis for the proto-crypto-phenomenological world we now live in was summarized way back in the digital dark age of 2014. For that is when a man by the name of Michael Goldstein sought to drop a nugget of knowledge on our cyberspaced-out heads. A man who blends the wisdom of the ancients with the digital lexicon of the 21st century like Nostradamus writing quatrains in a smoke-filled haze, we could not agree more with his conclusion:
“There was never such a thing as privacy. The Internet just made the fact clear. Privacy can and should be constructed, but it will never be perfected. Protecting ourselves from the dangers of crypto-anarchy requires embracing it even more fully and internalizing and practicing the virtues that have helped great men weather the storms of life since antiquity.”
-Michael Goldstein
December 24, 2014
If you haven’t raced over to Google yet, make sure you check out the entire opus over at the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute. And while there make sure to pal around with the extended wisdom it offers.
We’ll see you here tomorrow for some more great gear on our Gear Thursday Blog Post.