Without question in my mind, we are in the beginning stages of a new Renaissance, one that will far surpass the one before it. I saw this first hand at Steemfest. Both of you had to leave, but the Saturday at the LX Factory was a visual display of this. Here we are in the 'art' district of Lisbon, surrounded by a creative / startup atmosphere Yet, all of us Steemians, all creators in our own right, having access to a platform to allow us to create in ways we did not know possible, develop skills and gifts that we didn't even know we possessed and enable us to treat our fellow man with respect of his or her gifts, it was very enlightening. I felt the overwhelming urge to try to share this with others passing by