Dear @sean-king,
It sounds wonderful when you say it and it is hard not to get carried away. But (and yes there is always a but), every single bit of technology that has advanced has limited what an ordinary consumer can do with it. In fact we are all at the mercy of governments, companies, hackers and intelligence agencies. I have read kurzweils singularity idea and what he does not mention is how easy it makes for us to be controlled.

So lets play devils advocate:

Every single advancement brings us closer to a world wherein very few people control everyone else. It is like the matrix, we can live in our make believe world and think everything is peachy keen. Google did not make search to be altruistic. Facebook has not done us any favours by make itself free.

I firmly believe that it is our collective responsibility to make sure that we are free thinking, independent and self willed. Remember that if blockchain creates self serving communities then it is no use for the powers that be. if they cannot regulate you then they serve no purpose.

will bitcoin survive government attacks? By having our own connected worlds are we creating a dystopian universe? As technologies advance so shall control. If AI is smarter than us then how are we useful and who are we useful to?

The one thing that is assured that with crypto currency we are ready to pay the price!!