>instead of watching them and emulating them if they are successful or learning what not to do if they fail.

one of the major development benefits of decentralized platforms is that many attempts can be made simultaneously and as long as some do okay, the failures will be absorbed. 

When we thin of numbers these days, we have been ruined. We think we understand a billion and a trillion as they get thrown around on the news all the time and until we see it visualized, it doesn't form in the imagination. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqUwr-Nkq9g