RE: Offline — Bilpcoin

I guess I got a bit FOMOed by letting go of some big projects, but just can't bring myself to recommend something I can't anymore, which seems to be 99% of whatever's out there now. It's somewhat risky and definitely quite a bet to place it on just a couple of horses. Eggs in a few baskets vs eggs in many many baskets situation.

Still so early on in the game, yet fascinating possibilities ahead… 🙏

If you noticed ever since we joined Steem back then, we've seen a lot of energy and enthusiasm, ideas floating around and all. Then it slowly fades off like the rest of the crypto market. I think connecting the dots is something decentralized networks are still pretty bad at. It's not centralised like iOS / Android appstores or Facebook communities where people can find what they want to use easily and safely. But at least Steem has been able to do it fairly better than the rest of the market. I think Tau is when "connecting the dots" is taken to the next level in bringing the thinkers and doers.

Thanks a lot for the pick-up by the way :) - is that the right word? lol

Eggs in a few baskets vs eggs in many many baskets situation.

Perhaps. Though then again, consider it as a relationship. Yeah, some people might be able to juggle multiple girlfriends and that can work for everyone involved. But generally, you'll probably be able to build alot more deeper, intimate relationship with one person, focusing on growing and nurturing with them, versus trying to sleep with every hot chick on the block. (Or raising one or two kids properly, rather than adopt a whole village of orphans). [Weird metaphors, coming out at 1am after a beer. lol.]

I think connecting the dots is something decentralized networks are still pretty bad at.

Perhaps. But then again, being able to connect the dots in regards to complex systems is somewhat of a rare skill. Most education systems train people well in specialization - focusing in on isolated systems, rather than exploring and understanding the interconnections between them. i.e. health. What are the interconnections between biology, chemistry, physics of brainwaves, genetics, psychology, "spirituality," and how all that internal stuff relates to the external of relationship dynamics, cultural programming & memetic trends, societal crises & evolutions, economics, etc, etc...? Not too many people could answer that question. We might have some great specialists that are well-versed in sanctioned components of those systems - but when it comes to the skill of connecting the dots to domains of knowledge outside of their experience... 🤯

And bear in mind: we're still in the primitive days of blockchain. (As has been compared to the Netscape era of the internet). Being right at the beginning, this is unchartered territory. Not all can be expected to see what creative possibilities ahead - such may be more a somewhat shamanistic task for those whose learning and experience has reached across & down a breadth and depth of dimensions enabling them to understand the dynamics of complex systems - from the technical to societal, cultural, economic, and beyond. "Connecting the dots" is a rather rare skill exclusive to the few visionaries who can see the bigger picture of future potentials.

And even then, there's a gap to be bridged, as the visionaries aren't always the ones with the technical capabilities to get into effective action into turning those possibilities into realities. (For example, I can see the potentials - but am rather fucking clueless on how to really manage the communication of those visions and organize competent entrepreneurial teams in such a way that they could be brought to life, perhaps just getting a sneak preview and doing my best to share pieces of the puzzle, in hopes some readers might take parts and do something with them.)

I agree that Tau could be a massive game-changer in those regards, though - where contributions to discussions like these could be connected into others thinking & working in the same direction, leveraging off eachothers' input and having the AI element fill in the gaps and facilitate certain executions of ideas. I also sometimes wonder if I'm one of the handful of crazies who may be too far ahead of the times, the full visions not to be realized under after we're gone. lol.

Thanks a lot for the pick-up by the way :) - is that the right word?

Wouldn't be a pick-up, in terms of a car ride, flirtation/date, or upper-drug-buzz, though I know what you're referring to, perhaps as a morale-boost or simple encouragement... :-)