Real trust isn't something given, it's something earned. When we give away trust it's because we are scared...earning each others trust is how any community or system will be able to function, whether it's a blockchain or a neighborhood or a company.

I'm with you, I've never really seen blockchain as some end all solution to societies problems, and I see that kind of mindset as extremely short sighted and deluded...but it's a chance at changing the balance of power.

What are you going to trust if not Hive? Facebook? A bank? A country? Your neighbors? Nothing is perfect, and nothing is worth trusting 100%...I say try to trust what feel you can have SOME influence over because that's where the trust can be built both ways.