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RE: How to think about Steemit.com and navigate it...Lessons from "New rules for the new economy by Kevin Kelly"
What you just described in that second to last paragraph is me too. I can spend all my time on ideas, fleshing out projects and feel that i have only scratched the surface. I have come to the exact same conclusions as this book asserted, and so many others have also. How could we all be anything but correct? I see it very clearly, and I am a living example of this one principle:
In order to remain relevant, it's necessary to learn constantly, and shift focus. Acting as part of a neural system is perhaps my best weapon, as I shift daily, weekly, monthly. I view my life as part of change itself, and I do not seek to make life static or uniform.
So great to have your comments!
I come from it thinking about complex systems:
There are a few properties of soci-technical complex systems in general that are interesting to keep in mind:
They are constantly and dynamically changing, and you can't really predict them so like you say you have to reevaluate your decision making because your assumptions how to navigate life might be outdated.
They are also non linear, a concept most of us have not really seen in life (unless you studied the growth of previous social media platforms).
Like you said, you need to learn constantly because with exponential technological progress comes ABUNDANCE
and that devalues what was valuable before such as knowledge and specialized skills.
In the end that means everybody will be a constant newbie, from the moment you declare yourself an expert you are probably already becoming obsolete...