we do not have a good identity system because neither
the centralized web not even the .decentralizedweb(despite that it could be made to be decent, while the centralized cannot even meet the minimum requirement of "don't be evil" instead it inescapabley gravitates towards total control that commands one to "do the right thing," as you are told
What is called for is a new cosmology where individuals and their free association into communities can be their own autonomous hubs first class actors in their own trust networks instead of being just slaves to masters in the centralized settings or governed by trustless algorithms not capitalize on human trust and intelligence, which is impossible to be captured in "smart contracts"
