Great post!

Power is such a tricky concept. Every time I hear the word, I implicitly interpret it in a moral framework (and usually with a negative connotation to boot). But on second thought, it seems like it doesn't logically require having any moral dimension unless you define it in at the start.

If its definition is actually neutral and maybe like the 'extent of a particular capacity to causally effect the world around it', or something along those lines, then all sorts of benign or beneficial things enter into the picture!

I guess what I'm getting at is that Steemit/Bitcoin/crypto could be seen as increasing individuals' power enormously, but tipped towards the good side of the moral equation because of its more liberal (distributed and anonymous) traits.

So now I'm thinking maybe the thing that inherently corrupts is more like unaccountability or secrecy. Technology increases transparency which decreases likelihood of corrupt abuse of the power available. So on blockchain we can become more powerful and less corrupt, because of the transparency?

Damn this post got me thinking. Thanks!!