This is not quite true that "considerations of ethics, user safety, privacy, security, how can this be used for evil, and is this even good for society often co

This is not quite true that "considerations of ethics, user safety, privacy, security, how can this be used for evil, and is this even good for society often come as a belated afterthought". Referencing only recent popular articles in mass media does not paint the whole picture. The very concept of SSI was motivated by ethical concerns: https://www.moxytongue.com/2016/02/self-sovereign-identity.html https://www.moxytongue.com/2016/02/self-sovereign-identity.h... There is a field of academic research on ethics of SSI: [1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-020-09563-x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-020-09563-x [2] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.00015/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.0001... And there is a great deal of awareness regarding these issues in industry https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/04/26/self-sovereign-identity-5-years-on/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/04/26/self-sovereign-id... (yes including core Ethereum developers community).