https://comma.ai/ also factors into this thought train

My other thought is how much financing plays into (Western) automakers' bottom lines, and how 3D printing sort of changes the game of modern manufacturing

Cars are the most sophisticated, expensive item that retail consumers interact with on a daily basis, of course it has a deep geopolitical importance

They also have gotten way too expensive (as Chinese EVs have demonstrated an insatiable demand for cheaper cars globally)

BTW this is a trillion dollar idea, no joke

Also the success of frame.work is a huge lesson here

My thoughts are that a very significant change is occuring in the auto industry right now which will have large geopolitical impacts in the very near future, and that Web3 tech gives The Internet "economic surface area" that can give it geopolitical importance

So, what does that look like? A riff on the "decentralized IP" projects people have been making lately?