Megaphone
# 01 Megaphone 09
When we talk about progress , especially here in Silicon Valley , we myopically look only towards technological progress , and ignore the cultural . Technological progress is great in that it raises the standard of living for everyone and is able to help us , as a species , control our fate ; however cultural progress is that which makes humanity more than solely a resource aggregating machine . It adds meaning , morality , love , and justice . It changes how we view one another , and how we experience life . Humanity has been through several Industrial and Technological revolutions , but now it is time for the next Renaissance .
So how does this tie into blockchain companies ? Decentralized projects are a bit like pieces of art — their value determined by the market , their impact by societal acceptance , and their meaning never entirely alterable by the artist themselves . Before you dismiss blockchain as a hippie art project , understand that art is only an incomplete analogy — just like the steam engine and printing press analogies are only barely able to capture what the impact of the internet has been . However , I found it a useful one when crafting my thesis . At the current maturity of Blockchain technology , it is like economic art .
The School of Athens — the intense humanity and emotion expressed in Renaissance art