Hello, what a wonderfully thought provoking post.
Its time like this that I wish my upvote meant something more tangible for you. But I am sure with a lot of luck and connecting with good people I will get there eventually.
I liked the way you linked Basic Income to Steemit and the video at the end blew my mind a bit.
If I understand your hive mind analogy correctly you are thinking in terms of people working together, connecting into more stable social structures of their own accord just by using the available tools? Which would be perfectly understandable to me.
I can imagine that some people could have an allergic reaction to the phrase βHive Mindβ as that phrase may have been linked in some peoples mind with the evil communists and may be at odds with the programmed rugged individualism lol. In one way the structure of Steemit opens the possibility for open discussion without attack for the most part, but I get a sense of some underlying differences that may be made more challenging to address. I was wondering what thought you have about resolving differences here at Steemit
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Steemit is deciding tough decision very quickly like what to with copyright infringement and child pornography. The hive reacts quickly and powerful to things like this. It also reacts to projects that are helpful for the community and the Steem blockchain. This is the power of the hive mind.
The second you start a political discussion this effect is dead. Politics devides people to divert them from the mischief of the 1%. i don't think that hive mind has anything to do with communism. It is a natural phenomenon and cannot be reduced to ideaology.
There are many different opinions on Steemit and it is by far no Borg Mind where everyone thinks the same. But when it comes to action people can take on the platform all of a sudden we are all just human and react in a way that protects the hive over the individual. For example the individual who posts something hurtful on Steemit will be countered by community through flagging and other means. That is a form of censorship through public content. And that is the only censorship that makes sense.
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