Thanks so much for chiming in @andyjem and for sharing your thoughts.
You're right. It is both scary and fascinating to watch AI, robotics, blockchain and the other emerging tech as they change the world right before our eyes.

But I don't want to just watch. I want to tap into those trends and be involved.
But how?

That's my goal with this project - create a community-owned media, a DAO-based network around those topics and then figure out the best way to build tech products, startups, invest, etc. E.g. a digital startup accelerator supporting young entrepreneurs.

That's the beauty of a media project - it creates a favorable environment to build additional businesses and products on top of it. Plus, it gives you the authority to talk to anyone which means access to influencers, capital, partners, etc.

It used to be that unless you're the military as you say or have access to large capital, you couldn't be part of something like that.
But that's no longer the case. Thanks to plummeting costs of computation, easy access to capital, technologies like blockchain and others, today a kid in a garage can build an app which disrupts billion-dollar industries. Think of Uber, Airbnb, etc.

That's what gets me excited. And I think Steem is a perfect platform to innovate and build on top. Good examples abound. :)