Michael Jackson once said 'don't try to write the music, get out of the way of the music and let the music write itself'.

You've said a lot here, and I really like it. The vision for Steem is too great and powerful for you to be able to know everything 12 moves ahead .. So adapting to things in the moment seems like a vital tool in your arsenal.

Defeating the old paradigm doesn't require you to even consider it. Being reactionary to opposing the bad thing means that the good thing won't be optimal.

Regarding the tragedy of the commons part, it's my feeling that "the system" doesn't have any way to recognize blockchain projects as a threat to it. Or at least that it knows it can't respond to it violently. (Silk Road was the drugs, not the blockchain.) Still, perhaps there is a way to use Steem to create a voluntary safety net for people who take risks and later need some kind of help.