Totally with you on the Luddite angle. Literally proven that that isn’t true ie tech replaces human employment to a net negative

I don’t believe that a new Bitcoin-esque innovation is needed

I think we will create the future we actually want, so yes there will be a mission to co-opt and control, but the average person doesn’t benefit enough for that, and a “intransigent minority” will be enough to ensure it doesn’t happen