I’m loving the stash of shirts I got.
And I get kind of nauseated by complainers and criticizers. Most of this thread is very hard and painful to read. Isn’t it better to propose and build consensus around better ideas, and more importantly do something to make them happen, than just try to destroy ideas at least some are doing a great job actually thinking of and working on?
I am a big fan of not just Follow My Vote and Adam Ernest, but in what they are trying to do. And the plan to try to do a parallel vote sounds absolutely wonderful. But, my gut wonders if such could work. It seems to me it might be very hard to get people to change their behavior. And what are the chances, really, that we can design a narrative, along the lines of what Dan is talking about, and make it go viral? It seems scary to be dependent on that.
I’m trying to think what I (or any of us) could do to help out. For example, would it help if I (or anyone in their local communities) tried to contact some of their local news reporters to see if we could get some stories started with this? After all, the Mormons in Utah LOVE all things Bitcoin. Patrick M. Byrne, and most of Overstock .com are Mormons. Did you see how much mileage the Utah couple got that did their honeymoon living off Bitcoin? You should have seen all the media attention they got in Utah! If I could get some help, I bet we could help get something started at least in Utah. Anyone else willing to help with such? I’m not the best at authoring proposals for articles, but I could do some leg work and some contacting. I bet there are ideas way better than this for every community all over the world. How do we organize, and co-operate, so we can collaborate and get it all done?
I get so tired of people just complaining with 20/20 hindsight, and never offering (or attempting to build consensus around) any better ideas.