Our technical progress has outpaced our societal progress. So much so that most of the population is prisoner to their devices. We’ve lost our togetherness. I think people get trapped thinking its impossible for all 7 billion of us to be one big happy family and give up, when the real issue is right in front of us: People are drowned in short snippets of whatever gets the algorithm going. Whether it’s a tweet, picture, short video, snap, wtv. Doomscrolling zombies are popping out in all forms. Fitness freaks, M&A expert, Ukrainian geopolitical war tactician, Michelin guide food critique, ancient philosopher… sometimes that’s the same person, Monday to Friday. Guess what? It’s actually OK to not know everything. This is the great irony. Nobody knows sht on social media. Do you really think the top expert on Venezuelan heavy crude decided to wake up on the biggest day of their careers to finally get the chance to write a banger thread and hop on a spaces? That’s not to say social media is useless. Twitter is filled with interesting opinions, and some are genuinely thought provoking. Instagram and TT can also provide some hilarious clips or a cool recipe. That’s great. But, for god’s sake, the number of people who get ALL their information from these sources is far too many. And it’s abused by those that don’t. I read this the other day, and I think it applies here: “every invention was a new weapon in the hands of the strong and further strengthened them in their mastery and use of the weak”. Today, social media is that weapon. Love it or hate it, that’s the case. And, for anyone who reads this (and has gotten this far) don’t think we aren’t “the weak”. We are all “the weak”. The other day I saw a headline that some guy overdosed on coke and whiskey on a livestream. That’s totally f*ked. People used to go out, with friends, maybe they found a spot, maybe they chilled in someone’s basement, but they got together and drank, did a bump, sure, wtv, I don’t condone it, but man… This guy overdosed at home, alone, while streaming it? THAT’S messed up. Pablo Escobar himself is probably reeling in grave: “That’s not what the coke is for!!!” Anyway, I got off the rails here. The point is: social technology (ST) needs to catch up to physical technology (PT). PT is what we all think about when one says “technology” – think computers, cars, AI, etc. ST is how we organize ourselves and coordinate as humans - think settled agriculture, writing and recordkeeping, the industrial factory system, the internet, etc. ST through blockchain empowers coordination amongst larger groups to “win” the game (yes, its literally game theory). I’ll dive into that in a future post.