Original Article - The Age of Resistance

This is my first article exploring the shifting paradigms surrounding the development of Crypto Currencies and the evolving Internet Economy. My view point is more conceptual than technical. Enjoy!

The Age of Resistance

Exploring Post Resistance Consciousness - and how to know when to stop resisting.

It’s such a popular message these days, seen in news sources as well as music venues, “Resist!” Sometimes it is even in the name of a band or an event, I just saw a Rezizt Festival being advertised somewhere.

How great to rally the otherwise uninvolved into some sort of unifying concept, I am all for that. But there are plenty of sources of "Resistance Consciousness" out there. What I am thinking more about right now is, what comes next? What does the Post-Resistance picture look like?

Before I continue to explore my point further, I just want to say that I find all of the Resistance rhetoric to be rather vague. But it really is not my point here to discuss the many ways to resist something, or even what is being resisted. It is actually part of the point that I wish to explore that, it is more and more unclear what precisely is being resisted and to what end? Sometimes it is a particular leader or political idea. Sometimes it is certain groups against each other. Frankly, I find it all to be about as clear as mud!

Perhaps it can be a healthy message for someone in dire need of a personal or philosophical Renaissance. I can see how sometimes a message like this is needed. But even in the case of a welcome and beneficial shaking of the trees, what then? Have we answered the question of what comes after the Resistance Consciousness evolves? Do we have an idea of what this picture looks like?

It is less important to me what is being resisted than what it is I should be doing instead. What is one way that that I can put some power someplace where it belongs right this minute? How can I stop the “bad guys” and help the “good guys”? How about this: there are no bad guys and we are all players in the game with the same playing field available.

Is that a new idea? Does it resemble the ideas we are supposed to be fighting for? And there it is again, the idea of a competition. What if we can all win and one win doesn’t hurt another?

This applies to the idea of Entrepreneurship of all kinds. It definitely applies when combined with the Internet. The open frontier of up-and-coming Entrepreneurs is so exciting to be a part of!

The best part about it is that even “main stream” media forums are featuring until recently unknown Internet Entrepreneur Wiz Kids. These fresh success stories are appearing on talk shows excited and eager to share the fine details of how they have achieved their new success. The industry is an open book waving people in and conspicuously demonstrating the steps to becoming an Independent Entrepreneur.

Now we are starting to find the answer to the “what next” question. Why resist the next modern economic wave? There are so many ways that individuals can tap into their own personal goldmines. When learning to direct the power of the Internet correctly, it can become an exciting new frontier to explore.

We are already building the habits to give ourselves the edge in the Internet Economy. We can begin to build livelihoods doing the same kinds of activities we are already doing on social media. With the advent of Crypto Currencies and so many mediums for exchange, the exploration gets more exciting every day. I for one am just getting started!