Thea, Subhashish, thank you for your balanced call for reflection here.

Of the multiple facets of technological innovation, digital identity is the closest to the human condition with greatest potential to impact human dignity, and indeed safety. It is not then, as you note, an arena in which to move fast and break things.

I would be delighted to discuss this further with you both. For context, may I point you to: https://medium.com/@sheldrake/generative-identity-beyond-self-sovereignty-6fb987edcda1#ce87

Kind regards.