We have gained courage to confront the world from each other's communication | "Cyberpunk" Shared Reading Event - Shenzhen Session

We have gained courage to confront the world through our communication with each other. by TWONE

Background#

There weren't many people at the Shenzhen event (less than 10 people). And most of them haven't read e-books, and there were also many people from outside the web3 community. So we took the simplest and easiest way to lead everyone in reading together.

Process#

At the beginning, I played a video of Assange's show for everyone while waiting for others to arrive.

While watching the video, I introduced the characters and background in a simple way, and at the same time, I told everyone that cyberpunks themselves are like a dialogue book, and today we can consider ourselves as early cyberpunks, the people sitting together in the video discussing.

I asked everyone present to think about why they wanted to participate in this cyberpunk book club today? What topics do you want to discuss? How do you understand cyberpunks?

As a result, the atmosphere of this book club started to build up. Everyone went from silence at the beginning, not knowing each other, to expressing their understanding of encryption, and different people had different opinions, so the discussion was intense, and even needed to be controlled from the beginning.

Therefore, the first point of the summary is:

With few people, different backgrounds, and a common curiosity about cyberpunks, after a simple introduction by the leader (video, oral introduction, etc.), asking questions and encouraging discussion will quickly break the ice on the scene, and through communication, everyone will have a preliminary understanding of this topic.

At this point, we started reading, which is much more effective than directly leading the reading.

Because the text of this book is very powerful, I really liked it when I read it myself, so I did two things:

First, I used EVA's text template to create a few images. I told everyone: The cyberpunk ideology is similar to the third impact that the world is facing, the world is changing, and humanity is awakening (quietly promoting).

Second: Because the text is indeed very powerful, I even made 3 pages of PPT, specifically showing the original text from the cyberpunk book, and asked everyone to read along:

Follow-up and Feedback#

Overall, the effect was very good! Here are some positive feedback:

Because I brought some Green Pill books (Green Pill+Impact DAO) to the Shenzhen event, when people hadn't arrived yet, I gave a brief introduction to the concept that Green Pill wants to convey and what Uncommons is doing.

After listening, some participants asked about the content of the courseware and wanted to buy the two Green Pill books.

Since the books are not for sale, I recommended the download link for the electronic version of the official website, and then this friend joined our Telegram group and introduced himself.
After reading the content in the Telegram channel, he recommended our articles to others and set an alarm to attend our quarterly meeting and ask questions.
I also received this comment: "Thank you for bringing more people closer to modern civilization." To be honest, I rarely participate in offline activities, but at this moment, I suddenly realized the significance of offline activities.
The concept of Green Pill has spread to more places: I also gave two books to friends from Changsha who came to listen to the sharing. They are planning to set up a salon in Changsha, so now Changsha also has our books.
In terms of content: One of the audience friends is studying labor issues and is very interested in digital labor. I told her about Fang Ting's article from the previous CCC and some attempts by the Uncommons community to combine blockchain with offline activities, and she was super interested.
The group of people who didn't believe or even questioned cryptocurrencies, after listening to the sharing and discussion, started to believe in and recognize cryptocurrencies, and even prepared to buy some Bitcoin themselves (crossed out): This should be one of the biggest surprises of this event.
At the beginning of the reading, a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses came, and he spoke in a non-standard Mandarin and asked some very basic questions. As a result, after the conversation, he thought that cryptocurrencies were a good thing, and a friend even planned to teach him how to buy some. Later, I found out that he was the local landlord with a whole storefront 😂

Thoughts#

Communication is really important!!

Thoughts are the greatest public goods, and I don't deceive.

We have gained something and grown through our communication with each other, and we have also gained some courage to confront the world.

I think this is the significance of the Crypto Thoughts Twenty Cities event.

Thanks to the supporting friends, Zhou Momo, Xiaoyu, Shiyu, K, and others...

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