A very well written post.
- FB really has too much power centralised in one single entity. Perhaps a decentralised solution like Steemit can finally challenge it one day?
- Banning cash? I along with millions of Indians had a real life experience in November 2016 - read about demonitization in India
- The trust crisis will slowly go away as has happened with all other tech advances in history.
Most interesting part of your article is your take on the primary reason why earth will become inhabitable. You really think climate change is a lesser risk than censorship?
Climate change is real, don't get me wrong. But the main threat to Earth is not climate change, but man himself :)
It will take probably 10 years, at the current pace of temperature rising for 1 level increase in ocean levels (which will make inhabitable large portions of Earth) but just a few seconds of human mistakes (Im talking about the most obvious scenario, a nuclear detonation).
Talking about nuclear holocaust, take time and listen to The Destroyer of Worlds by Dan Carlin (if you are interested in history)