Why is Dan blogging about reputation monetization and property rights when the rest of the crypto-world is talking about self-governance, scalability, prediction, stealth transactions, and price stability?
Don’t let another 2 years pass you by before you understand the contemporary significance of what Dantheman is talking about today. Last week I proved how popular political discussions on STEEM will continue evolving along Maslow’s pyramid from sex and security to self-actualization. Then Dan took it a step further:
“There is a certain amount of truth associated with the need to secure, food, shelter, and clothing."
Dan Larimer quoted from this recent blog of his:
https://steemit.com/government/@dantheman/perception-changes-everything-is-taxation-really-theft
The ELI5:
We measure our security by the things we own. Anything that we pay taxes on is not really ours due to the non-negligible potential for corrupt contract dispute resolution (via judges/lawmakers). This also applies to things which we own based on the validity of a certain contract, the terms of which will never be interpreted as consistently as those of a “smart-contract” executed under strict blockchain supervision.
Dan culminates in the following conclusion:
“I highly recommend sparing yourself unnecessary mental suffering caused by operating under the belief that you can own anything. Instead, be grateful for what the government lets you have and invest your time, money, and sacred honor into creating and supporting systems that may one day let you truly own property for the first time.”
Your “sacred honor” can now be effectively monetized on immutable historical records. User Issued Assets, and your Steemit rep-scores are the earliest attempts at blockchain monetized reputation systems which will continue to evolve.
It’s no coincidence that the peer to peer STEEM chain was invented in The Land of the Free where peer consensus (trial by jury of your peers) is the apex of the legal system. We now realize that through nonviolent government social consensus, we can bring more efficiency to the current system of contractual property ownership, and thus improve the psychological well-being of those who seek security (pretty much everyone).
Dan’s blog topics have much more gravity than anything currently being discussed in the mainstream. Why does the Venezuelan citizen get imprisoned for doing exactly what Germans are encouraged by their rulers to do (like buying food now to eat later)?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37155060
And what is the difference between saving food for later, and saving money (or financial securities) for retirement?
If you feel secure in knowing that your next meal is already bought and paid for, then you wind up in the next socialist speculator purge (if you are Venezuelan).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge
But a German with food in the pantry is not a criminal slated for death, but just another law abiding value speculator who is just trying to survive and protect the health of their family.
https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://ipfs.pics/ipfs/QmNd6TnbYyYMGD9ugddYBtaeGTJsjza1LpSKiKAqPHxBJ4
Our current voting ability is limited to “who we think should get some of today’s daily STEEM payout,” but in the future, we will be voting on rules and laws.
That’s why I am initially honing our political community consensus development skills on benign issues like copyright vs fair use, where nobody starves if an actual “theft of property” does occur (we will save the controversial issues like campaign finance reform for another issue).
Our Steemit political debate 2016 continues: Copyright vs Fair Use
The rules are simple.
Step 1 – Listen to my song and tell me if it is an original work of art based on its (fair?) use of sounds heard on this planet, or downvote my jazz jam if you feel that I did not bring enough new synergy to the sounds.
Step 2 – No it’s really that easy for our community to quickly reach consensus on real political issues!
For an accurate frame of reference, here was last week’s original improvisation:
Each successive submission will become more controversial because our goal is to clearly define this previously subjective line between copyright infringement and fair use. Defining subjective qualities is what Steemit was made for!
Submission 1 (last week):
Judging by the unanimous upvote consensus, the Steemit community has publicly acknowledged that DJ remixes will be considered “fair use” instead of “plagiarism.” Now this next exercise will determine the extent of "fair use" that the Steemit community will allow when a remix adds a single new element of improvisation to an existing song (hint - turn up the bass):
Future submissions will be in direct response to the consensus of our community. In effect, I am a DJ taking community requests as you show me where you draw the line between fair use and copyright infringement.
And now for the moment you all have been waiting for: The presentation of this week's Steemy Award:
Micro-employment is pretty simple, and you should have no trouble answering anyone’s questions as you teach them. Why are you teaching them? Because the Steemit community will pay you to teach. Here's it's simple:
What is STEEM/Steemit?
A group of cool people.
What makes these particular people “cooler” than my current friends?
They don’t care if you join their group or not, but they will pay you for helping them create tools for freedom, free speech, free markets, property ownership, self-reliance, education, charity, and parties.
This forum isn’t about money, it’s about friction-less artistic collaboration. The value that free markets give to unstoppable public blockchains like STEEM, however, does make this “artistic collaboration” a whole lot more “financially rewarding" though, right?!
Now the envelope please...
As you all know, 1000 Brownies are awarded weekly to the Steemer who recognizes that there is still some major low lying STEEM fruit to be feasted upon.
Each Steemy winner receives 1000 Brownies which are backed by the sacred honor of the man who invented Graphene, plus they receive the additional mucho-sacred honor of being followed by yours truly.
The first Steemy winner accurately predicted that Steemers would make money while plagiarizing and apologizing (fir it) for weeks, and you know what? He was right.
This week’s Steemy winner reveals what will happen when the first freshman math teacher takes a class photo in front of the blackboard reading “Teen’s Love Steem! 10/22/16”
Teaching STEEM is the next easy money frontier. Now you might be saying:
Pied Piper! That guy can’t code, put up a billboard, throw a meet-up (party), write long novels or provide any visual or musical STEEM art of any kind. He’s not even selling T-Shirts or any other swag for that matter.
And you might be correct, but it doesn’t change the fact that piedpiper has definitely found a useful niche in explaining STEEM concepts in front of a video camera using small words which is not easy.
Congratulations pied piper, just post your BTS address to receive your Larimers (Brownie Points). Stay tuned next week for another exciting adventure.
Images provided by:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@teego/docker-steem-images-are-updated-to-version-0-11-0
http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Irene+Sofia+Esser+Quintero/2012+Miss+Universe+Pageant/4p2UdzWVYBJ