Very, very interesting video. A lot to unpack here and too much to type, but here's my brief thoughts off the top. No user is going to want to buy into a platform. I create content and I don't want to buy steem and lock it up, WTF. I want to create content. Some will invest in steem and have, but imo, it won't lead to mass adoption. Most people that buy steem are investors 1st and content creators 2nd. They create the bare minimum and have their homies upvote their shit.
I envision an equal playing ground for web 3.0, this leads to your socialism talk at the end of the video. (I wish you went deeper, had me hooked there). I don't want socialism, but I don't want the buy in, gain instant power based on how much you invested ecosystem we have now either. If I had a lot of money, I could buy a large sum of steem, instantly have huge influence, join an upvoting clique like so many here on steem and get my ROI. That's dumb.
A social platform should not be an ROI vehicle and if it is, it should be based on the quality of your content NOT based on how much you've invested. <- Main problem with steem.
How to start everyone on equal playing field and keep the rich influence out? IDK, but it's certainly interesting to think about and definitely the future imo. The problem with a trade able token is you're always going to have whales like you said. And is that even a problem? Do we want a non trade able token, does that make it worthless?
It's a very interesting discussion.