Good to see you around, RJF.
I took a quick tour of the book you recommended. Fascinating and thought provoking. I am all for limited government. Our industry has proven that without some rules and regulations, leadership, and guidance, things can be quite reckless and chaotic. But extreme expansion of government intervention and regulatory control are wasteful, destructive, and stifles the entrepreneur spirit.
Well said Alan, and frighteningly true.
It's also quite eye opening to see how much influence writers and the press have over what we believe and hold as truth and fact. I blame the educational system for a lot of it. Schools no longer teach us how to think on our feet, they teach us how to follow the loudest protester. This will be our undoing if we allow it to continue. Without an opinion of our own, forged in research and knowledge, we are forced to follow popular opinion created by fools. We see this everyday in the our so call "Press" Don't know how to fix it but, I know it has to be fixed, and soon.
No doubt, the path higher education has chosen in educating our kids these days is frightening. I fear that many of them will be misguided with false expectation.
I have often said that it is bad enough to be fooled by others – but the worst of all is to fool ourselves. I have been seeing a touch of that even in our industry. Instant success is a lucky draw and not sustainable. Persistent hard work in doing the right thing the right wisely is much more dependable and sustainable over one’s life time. We should not promote dependency or discourage and retard the efforts of those who are constructive contributors to society.
It is our mission at DNotes to lead and be the role model that success does not have to happen overnight, or our birth without having to work for it. Being steadfast and fully committed to our vision of building an inclusive trusted digital currency for the benefit of everyone is of utmost importance to us.
Don’t fool ourselves – it has not been and will not be easy. But we know that we are on the right path that is worthy of our efforts and scarify. After almost five years in building a solid foundation, we are now getting ready to make the next big move.