RE: The Hive Blockchain: A Foundation For Global Community

Thanks, yes, there is a lot to explore here and I have really only scraped the surface.
The topic of freedom of speech is an important one and a divisive one too. Having written essays on it in the past, I know that some of those involved will just repeat the same claims over and over, without any intent to create solutions and without acknowledging there is even a problem. We lack the capacity to objectively measure the situation and so things just resort to opinion contests and no-one feels entirely good with the outcome.
There are several important solutions to the problem, one of them is as I mentioned - greater decentralisation of governance power. However, this requires more onboarding and in turn then, that requires some kind of mechanism to demonstrate that free speech already exists here in a real way that doesn't disenfranchise people holding views that certain large stakeholders disagree with.
The other main solution involves layer 2 tokens and the ability to massively upgrade the tools and features available to communities that operate them. This appears to be on the horizon along with generalised smart contract functionality. We can certainly plan in advance of these being delivered, so for now that is what I am suggesting.