I find this thought experiment is very helpful in understanding *how we got into this position over the last few hundred years
Yeah, reminds me of the push and pull arguments I've heard discussed when it comes to medieval weaponry and what not. Again, not well versed enough to expound, but we've all heard the broad strokes. Kinda see BTC and cryptography as such as such technological breakthroughs that pull back toward individual freedom (not saying anything new, I'm aware)