As we all know, any puppy in the animal kingdom is urged by parents to play. Through the game they learn how to behave within the community, what are the sounds that indicate that they have gone a little too far, and all those small and big rules of common living that exist.
The same happens for the human being, through play, our children learn to be in the company of other children and learn the rules of the community.
In this way the cognitive abilities are developed that will enrich the cultural background that we will then carry around the world up to the adult one.
And what does this have to do with blockchain and cryptocurrencies?
It does, and how.
It is very interesting to see how play influences our way of thinking: depending on the type of game we play as children, in adulthood we will have outstanding skills in that sector.
I bring you the example of a friend of mine, as a child he was given two types of very creative games: meccano and lego.
The meccano is nothing more than a series of metal bars of various lengths with holes; machines of any kind can be built using screws and bolts, the only limit is imagination. In the same way, legos are bricks that can be composed together to create constructions. Also in this case the limit is the imagination.
In fact, this person has a certain skill in using his hands.
Now I will explain to you why Blockchain, cryptocurrencies and everything related to finance has to do with gaming.
In the early 1900s, a financial game par excellence was devised, Monopoly, the purpose of the game was to bankrupt all the other participants and become the monopoly.
We all have certainly played this game, but, unfortunately, our parents or, why not, our friends have not explained well why this game is played.
Why become the monopoly?
How can we become the monopoly in this game?
Clearly, being a game, that variable that is part of fate comes into play, such as the roll of the dice; but this does not mean that our mind must be limited in thinking.
Throwing the dice might represent real-world challenges, but we don't lose focus on our goal!
To these questions, none of the older people who participated in the game have ever given us an answer; most likely they didn't know either!
No one has ever taken the time and patience to explain to us that although we had the land with less income we would be, in every way, by managing our assets WELL, managed to obtain the monopoly.
These types of games open the mind, and perhaps not everyone likes having people thinking with clear goals in mind.
Another game that is very interesting from the point of view of growing financial knowledge and Cashflow 101.
Very similar to monopoly, in this case the stakes are much higher: you don't have to acquire the monopoly of the game, but you have to play in order to achieve your own dream.
Whatever it is.
In practice, you bring your life back to the game table, and you have to try your hand at this enterprise in order to achieve this dream. Always talking about this friend of mine, every time we organize a Cashflow table, he always writes “Freedom”, in his dream.
In Cashflow, the first and most important part is to get out of the "wheel of the mouse" that is to try to manage your own capital in order to be able to abandon the binding concept of dependent work with its 8 working hours.
Let's imagine for a moment, that, instead of playing with it at an advanced age what adolescence could be (parents, school and largely friends have already given an imprint to our way of thinking) we start our own son at this game as soon as he has the faculty to understand the numbers and the first operations; let's assume 7 years.
We begin to explain to him what are the possibilities by having a rental property that can produce an income independently, we give him the right advice if it is convenient to buy the house to live or have it for rent.
Gradually we give him all those indications about domestic finance that will lead him, later in adult life, to think outside the crowd and to have a certain mastery of his own future; agree, together with his friends or companions he would feel "uncomfortable" as he has a different vision and, fortunately for him, wider than what life can offer him compared to his peers.
For these reasons, certain types of games can be combined with this new technology which is the blockchain and cryptocurrencies: once your mind is open to certain innovations you are not afraid to use them, on the contrary you exploit them to the fullest of their abilities and a moment you are out of the "rat race"!
I await your point of view in the comments