If you look at it from this angle, I would say that we all need to be like the philosophers of old. The way they questioned everything and the way they tried to know more about the most basic things is actually what brought us thus far.
At the moment, what we have in the world are bunch of people that are afraid to embrace change. They want to live a programmed life and they don't want to see the adventure that lies in trying new things.
I'm glad that you understand this subject matter to this extent and I'm excited to see how you liking it to what we are doing in blockchain.
Truth be told, everything starts like this and that is why I'm never afraid to hear of people fighting against crypto and all it represents. Currently, trading crypto via commercial banks is banned in my country but we still find ways to do our transactions and more people are getting on board this Crypto ship.
Being open to gain knowledge about a lot of things is the way forward. I for one, will not limit myself due to some lopsided generalized view of stuff