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RE: A Response to @dan's "Proof of Good Governance."

in #response7 years ago

Can we rely on people to solve people problems? Can we rely on technology designed by people to solve people problems created by technology? I don't think there is proof of good governance, but there are certain signs when there isn't good governance. I know that many people said that Steemit is not and cannot be a utopia and so we shouldn't aim for something like that. Perhaps that is the wisdom of not doing more than what needs to be done?

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Sounds more like the advice of a coward who is too afraid to fail, or a fool who knows not their own power. It is also the very same sentiment that has prevented us from protecting ourselves from their accelerating agendas. This erroneous belief that so many of us hold- the one that tells us the possibility for a better world belongs only in the mind of the naive- is just another part of our conditioning. I would love to see us overcome it.

So would I, but most of my attempts have failed so far, so I am not so much of a coward as someone who is butting his head against a very hard wall and can't find a way around it (yet)... not doing more than what needs to be done isn't the same as doing nothing, but simply not overdoing something, like nudging instead of elbowing someone.

I admire your conviction. I almost lost mine recently, but it seems to have been replenished by a sense of urgency. If you ever want to discuss ways of getting through that wall, I am open to it. Though I believe we would first need to agree upon which wall it is that needs demolished. Many want change, but we all have different ideas about how to go about it.

Definitely, I suppose Discord might be the place to do it?

Yes. I was supposed to make a new server anyway, but had a busy weekend and forgot. I will send you an invite later.