I have read your post thoroughly, twice, and I am very much on your page - thank you for the time and effort - it is worth it. In me, however, you are preaching to the converted!
My angst centres around the pollination of such approaches to individual and collective responsibility.
Education encourages conformity of thought. A degree used to demand originality of thought; that is now the domain of the PhD. An MBA is a prime example of conformity. Very few holders are worth their own valuation.
To me, the secret lies in the embracing of 'unlearning', the capacity to cast off social and academic constructs before attempting to move forwards. A tainted canvas can never result in a thing of beauty!
Whilst I empathise with the ethos of Nassim Taleb, it is, in the main, a collection of 'don'ts' - these and the visions of Anarchism (which I believe is massively misunderstood and misrepresented) and their like need to develop a picture of how peoples can function in their Social Blueprint - such Blueprints are as rare as rocking-horse shit!
As long as people, including steemians, continue to prefer conspiracy theories (Insitutionalised gossip) and fake news over Truth, we will remain in denial and hence subjugated by the power elites (including on steemit).
The power elite of steemit are all too vilifying of the Washingtons of this world, yet they perpetrate and heighten the effects of a far more toxic mechanism. Where in the world is it accepted that one person is valued at several thousand times more than another when performance is a non-factor?
Namaste!