CORE MAGAZINE February 2016 | Page 23

how consciousness behaves. As humans experience reality, we are immersed in a sort of

feedback loop mechanism with consciousness. Our experiences are fed back into the field of consciousness, what some might call the Akashic Record, and then become available as a source of information or inspiration for future experiences to be had by all conscious beings.

The blockchain operates very similarly. All nodes participating in the blockchain are submitting data to the ledger and at the same time drawing data from the ledger. In this way, the blockchain becomes an objective representation of all data and information that has passed through it. The ramifications of this technology are nothing short of revolutionary.

With the ability to code objectivity into our systems comes the ability to mitigate the influence of human behavior on our systems. It is no secret that human civilization has always struggled with greed, imbalance of power, and corruption and these behavior patterns always seem to find their way into even the most intelligently designed systems.

I think that McKenna may have shared my enthusiasm for the potential for blockchain technology to undermine the influence of these behavior traits on our systems of social and cultural organization. If we can succeed in placing the blockchain at the foundational level of our systems of governance and money, we will have laid a sound foundation for a truly free and democratic global society.

The blockchain can sustain elections in which votes are tallied with accuracy, implementation of laws truly supported by the majority, control of the monetary supply and economy by the people, contracts between two parties in the absence of any third party human or government, and security of data and personal information.

Soon to be free from being held down by the greed of a wealthy minority, human civilization is on the cusp of a true revolution of sovereignty and an ensuing explosion of human potential, imagination, and creativity.

McKenna was popular in the counterculture due in large part to his advocacy of personal empowerment, placing an emphasis on the power of direct experience brought about by the dissolution of boundaries between the conscious and unconscious, the sovereign individual and the state, and culture and reality. I have no doubt that McKenna, if he were still alive today, would be standing alongside the likes of Andreas Antonopoulos and Roger Ver, preaching to the people the power of the blockchain and the importance of encryption.

Governments and corresponding power structures can only be rendered powerless and irrelevant if we, the people, build and embrace superior systems. The antiquated systems of today are thus no longer worthy of our participation. Don't vote, don't call your politicians, don't complain to your neighbors. 2016 is the year the blockchain takes over. Embrace the blockchain, learn about encryption, and actively create for ourselves a bright and prosperous future.

Written by Infinitechaos