Feedback as requested:
Overall this is inspiring and visionary Kevin. I will surely sign it once published. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and requesting feedback from the tribe. I don’t have any major comments about the overarching philosophy -fully agree- but I did notice a couple passive/active voice inconsistencies and I stumbled over one sentence a bit, and so I offer two minor comments which might boost readability.
Consider changing from: “We are writing this essay…”
to:
“We write this essay…”
This may better align with general style/voice of essay.
Consider deleting the words ‘would’ (and maybe ‘those’) from start of this sentence to improve flow. The final result is:
“To all those who seek to build, enshrine, and defend…” , or,
“To all who seek to build, enshrine, and defend…”
Lastly, I am not sure what you mean by “…our shared virtual machine.” Probably the general internet but the similarity with name ‘Ethereum Virtual Machine’ creates potential for confusion. Might be worth clarifying what exactly is meant by “…shared virtual machine”.