Hi to all of you! Been gone doing other things for a long time now and am very glad to be back here in crypto land. I see things are growing slowly and nicely.
Seems like Decentraland LAND is about to be distributed and I'm convinced the birth of the genesis world is the point where things will accelerate a lot. I went to Twitter today and did not expect to see so much activity. It has been and still is my impression that many if not most people can not imagine or visualize this thing until they really see with their own eyes what it means to have a virtual base where you can actually move around, and where you can feel the countless possibilities that come with it.
The Movement is not only a new way of thinking as gumshed put it so nicely, it's also an organization for the benefit of all (as written in the decentraland wiki!), and a virtual reality place to encourage human collaboration. That's what we all wanna build - more bridges in all of our lives. Do we? I know I do. Because it's deeply satisfying to create value and to create something neat.
This is the first time in crypto history that people - only with the power of their own abilities, rather than huge funding - are getting together to build an organization that redefines boundaries and borders in a new way. Here we are part of a new experiment and this is very exciting to me. Of course it's also not easy, because all of this is part of a real paradigm shift towards more decentralized options. It is untrodden territory. It's also not easy because it seems to me a lot of folks are driven mostly by profit-oriented thinking rather than wanting to work towards something bigger than that. But I believe people will be (and deep down are) hungry for more. It's nice to make some profit but it's double nice to make friends and profit by creating a cool environment that lives. And I see decentralization as a huge theme of 2018. We started at a good point of time, didn't we?
Now every single Movement participant, and every single crypto enthusiast, and every single human who is interested in connecting and creating, this is our opportunity to actually go out and do something both for others and for ourselves. By the way, gumshed, I am not taking your post wrong at all, you don't seem like you're trying to appoint yourself to anything. Quite the opposite, I like what I see and I want and will contribute much more over time. It's still quiet here. As more people join us and more people who have already joined express their opinions, wishes, hopes and dreams, it will become more and more colorful and vibrant. We're all enjoying the same sun.
Happy to be around!
P.S. exchanges are important, they certainly are, and it's good that there's some focus on that - but in my opinion there's not so much to worry about. If people focus on contributing to the project in any way they can, even if it's only a little tweet or vote, the result is a lot more power than we might imagine. When people get together for a good cause and everyone participates just a little bit, The Movement will become a vibrant entity that is owned by humanity, collectively.
Also, I'm huge on learning and as I've said earlier I had started learning and playing around with A-Frame (still am). I would really like to be able to take part in shaping this upcoming 3D VR landscape. If some of you are doing the same please feel free to "reach out, connect and create" anytime you wish. I'll be here every now and then, to see how things evolve, and to contribute with what I have or may have
