Hey Steemians,
I had a self-realization moment about crypto and the world we live in today.
As most of the world knows, Houston Texas was devastated by Hurricane Harvey about two weeks ago. Since then there has been millions and millions of dollars in damages done and many people have completely lost everything they've ever owned. It's been a tragedy.
Now I'm a Texas native. I live over 5 hours away from the affected zone, however, I have been effected by Hurricane Harvey actions. Actually, not Harveys actions, but the MEDIA REACTION that followed it's wake of destruction.
The media put a bunch of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) over the airwaves during Hurricane Harvey. A news outlet suggested that there will be a pandemic of gasoline shortages due to Corpus Christi gas reserves inability to access cities in Texas.
THERE WAS NO GAS SHORTAGE!!! 3/4 OF TEXAS GAS DISTRIBUTION DOESN'T COME FROM CORPUS (Don't quote me on exact specifics on this)
BUT, the news from the media, created widespread panic. In ONE DAY, every single gasoline station in the entire Dallas/Fort Worth area all the way to the coast of Texas was pumped completely dry. Tons of gas stations as far as El Paso and Lubbock were also pumped dry. There are pictures all over the internet with people from random towns filling up 55 gallon drums full of pump gas. There were local Craigslist and OfferUp ads selling 1 gallon of gas for $20-50.
F.U.D.
See where I'm going with this?
Crypto is already sketchy to most people.
People that have heard of crypto but know nothing about it have heard that it's only associated with the darkweb. Or that it's a Ponzi scheme. Or that it's MLM. Or that there's "no way something made out of thin air can be valuable".
People that haven't heard of crypto usually don't care to hear about it, or they're scared to invest or work for something that could "vanish overnight".
How do we honestly expect to get the world onboard with crypto, when 90% of the world are sheep that are frightened of a fake gas shortage or fall into whatever the media says? Simple, we can't do it
I know my facts: I know how blockchain tech works, I know how crypto works. I can explain digital currency to a complete noob all the way to a top level IT, networking, or programming guru. But it's still a struggle to get people to understand it, because they're scared to understand it.
This is the world we live in, everyone. Like it or not.