Explaining STEEM to a +40 year old.
Regular Readers of my Blog will know that over the last year I have tried out various ways to help explain the concept of STEEM and STEEMIT to hundreds of people and was determined to try various explanations until I found one that works.
Over this last year I had realised that explaining STEEM and STEEMIT to anyone in the earlier 20's is totally different to explaining STEEM and STEEMIT to someone in their 40's, 50's, 60's and +70's.
Recently I stumbled across by accident a great way of explaining the concept and it appears to be working.
GREEN SHIELD STAMPS
Anyone in their +40's may recall Green Shield Stamps.
For the ones unfamiliar with them, here is a brief history...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Shield_Stamps
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As a child being brought up in the 70's I have vivid memories of my dad filling the car with petrol and coming out of the petrol station with a handful of Green Shield Stamps.
These stamps were collected and stuck in a book.
When we had enough, the family would sit round the table and decide what we wanted out of a catalogue.
For years I recall these great memories how we used to collect these stamps and watch our book fill up.
Fast forward +25 years.
Fast forward +25 years and what we now have is the BLOCKCHAIN.
This digital technology allows the transfer and ownership to be recorded on a distributed ledger for accurate record keeping.
By applying this digitally recorded ledger of transactions to STEEM, you could argue that collecting STEEM is no different than collecting Green Shield Stamps in a book..!!
I have tried this analogy recently and bizarrely it seems to work.
Of course, I doubt it would have any impact on anyone in the 20's who do not remember Green Shield Stamps, but if you are struggling to explain the concept to anyone over the age of +40, I strongly recommend you give it a go.
You may be quietly surprised.
Thanks for reading.
Stephen