Great, thanks for your support - maybe we will create a group for promoting Hive, as more people gather around these discussions.

There are very strong feelings about the words used to describe Hive and the system's overall goals. The blogging reward pool leads to a constant drop in the value of the token without new investment, so there are plenty of people who strongly want to redirect perceptions away from the reward pools and towards other areas. This is easier said than done in reality, however, since the reward pools are such a big part of Hive at present. The 'layer 2' communities and their own tokens are probably the best way to deal with this problem as they allow reward pools to continue for niche topics without the value of the layer 1 Hive token being hit continually.

'Public', 'Community owned', 'Co-operative', 'Voluntary', 'Socio Economic Toolkit', and 'Internet Eco-system' are all ideas that reflect important aspects of Hive that can help to differentiate it - beyond just a 'blogging platform'. Being different to the rest of the market is actually a very good thing as long as the differences are well explained and understood. Careful thinking and use of language is needed - thankfully we have many 'proven brains' on Hive that are great with words.

The main uses for cryptocurrencies and blockchains (so far) relate to privacy, self empowerment, security from the collapse of older centralized systems and the ability for people to work together economically in simple ways. You are right that the rest of the world hasn't yet fully understood the power of all of this, but it is likely that the state of the world is going to continue to make life difficult for many people and they will be looking for solutions.

The use of Hive for solving global challenges is a great way to promote it and to psychologically frame Hive as a tool for improving life at the same time. The 'win, win, win' attitude, where activities on Hive can start to help everyone who uses Hive is a very powerful idea that anyone can appreciate. Different cultures face different problems, but they usually all share some too. Hive as a tool for freedom of speech is a very powerful selling point for every society, especially with so much information control and censorship taking place.

Maybe we need a Hive based 'Declaration of Internet Independence'!