Very intersting the you bring up the Nassim Taleb book. It was quite a while ago that i read it, and I didnt really get it then either. But from what i understand, his main message was that "good systems are robust systems", and that too many " solutions" or "innovations" these days are merely bandaids to our societal/economical/environmental unsustainability /lack of robustness.
I think the decentralized consensus capabilities and organizational improvements that blockchains offer are going to change our lives in a similar way that a decentralized power grid / food source / internet service priveer would.
Great post. I have an old review of the talrb book that i may toss on my account if anyone is curious.