Identity in this context is an abstraction for access control. Decades ago firewalls were positioned to stop data exfiltration. The problem that is making the

Identity in this context is an abstraction for access control. Decades ago firewalls were positioned to stop data exfiltration. The problem that is making the technology evolve is making information systems head for general intelligence. In that environment smart contracts can survive as economic units. Those smart contracts might survive for thousands of years and become a proxy for negotiation and understanding. Individualism and collectivism are probably not divergent trajectories but a slow ebb and flow.