it's nuts to think we're just over seven years since Steemit started, and having observed the whole 'decentralization' / crypto movement since... how much slower it's progressed than many hoped, how much of the idealism never quite got traction, seeing evolution/life's own pace playing out in comparison;
that seven years both seems so short and also like lifetimes - though like a drop in the ocean of the larger evolutionary context, almost significant in the larger scope; feels in hindsight like i had my head in the clouds back then, seeing so many of these different topics from a higher vantage point while also totally ungrounded in the dimension of time and all the earthly limitations;
such a contrastive mix of emotions, considering all the different points raised here... seeing the foolishness & futility of the billionaires obsessed with immortality, whose plans could be thwarted in an instant with a solar flare that sends us back to square one with technology; the youthful idealism i once had about "decentralization" while having watched the madness of increased centralization the last three years; all the different polarities of yin & yang amping up;
as cynical & impatient as i've become (if "become" is accurate - could also just be the low point of a long wave that'll come around eventually), it's been cool to hear one of my favorite astrologers, Pam Gregory, consistently emphasize that decentralization is a theme we are steadily moving into/towards evolutionarily; and while all the regulations could be seen on the surface to contradict the OG rebellious philosophies of "decentralization," they're definitely a necessary stepping stone to the type of adoption we've been waiting this seven years for.
good contemplations in here. 🍻