This is extremely good, even as someone fairly familiar with much of what is covered I got some new metaphors and concepts!

The thing that really coalesced in my head is how much of the crypto mindset is parallel with all the LessWrong techno-transcendentalism. Granted, there's definitely much overlap in these communities. The decentralization autonomous cult aspect of it is so very similar to Q shit. Much like a randomized NFT, all these belief models are self-similar with just a slightly relabeled deity-core. Whether is be Trump fighting the deepstate, simulation/basilisk fealty or some version of techno-libertarian optimism contained in the 'code is law' slogan. All of these share a blindness to the historical materialist reality while positing a magical solution for believers is just around the corner.

Also 'play to earn' is just such a :chefs-kiss: slogan for exploitative labor relations.