Just a few months ago I did not have a faintest idea about cryptocurrencies; ok, I have heard about Bitcoin but only vaguely and would never expect to get involved in it - as it seemed so hyped and overpriced and there were many people saying the bubble would burst eventually. I had a hard time wrapping my head around it all. What? you pay real hard-earned $$$ for series of zeroes and ones representing currency in your computer? Too geeky for a humanist. Too abstract for a linguist. Too impractical for an educator.
And yet the notion kept bugging me. It kept nagging me to check it out and that is how I started to realize that in the modern world virtually (sic!) all we have are series of zeros and ones. Exaggeration? Well, music, films, e-books, audio books - see streaming services. Friends and social life - social networks. Things we buy - online transactions. Banks - internet access and mobile cash... should I say more? And it finally dawned on me - this is not the future, this is the present. The virtual revolution is well under way.
When I realized this I started looking for a niche for myself to ease myself into the whole new world of crypto-things (but do notice that things here is meant virtually). I am a non-tech person, a humanist, a philosopher by nature and a linguist by profession all in one. Was there a place in the crypto-world for me? I do not understand finance very well; even the regular money is a tad too abstract for me - how can virtual money be any easier. And then... enter Steemit! A place where I hope to experience the first insights into how this new (brave, perhaps) world will work.
So what else should you know about me? Well, I see myself a little bit like the figure in the picture above, which incidentally is Personnage Hillaire by Jean Dubuffet, one of the pictures that always cheer me up. I am an active educator and work in an international context teaching literature, language, philosophy and critical thinking. I love teaching and sharing knowledge with others. I love getting inspired by other people, whoever they are.
My recent other (besides cryptocurency) project is connected with the international language - Esperanto, which I hope to become more and more widespread and I hope to share some of it here, on Steemit, so expect some Esperanto posts from me. My big dream is to put together a course of Esperanto from beginner to advanced, all with frills and whistles like a website and a mobile app, so I will be working towards that goal with you guys, too, if you're up to it.
See you around, folks and I'm looking forward to a great journey together.
P.S. My nickname Erinaco is hedgehog in Esperanto.
Cheers,
E67
