Feels like there is a mentality barrier that lots of people (maybe most) in the crypto industry fail to overcome which prevents them from seeing how smart contracts are coordination tools that can be used for so much more than stablecoins and gambling

The problem is that the gamblers run out anyone wanting to build anything other than gambling

Tell me you're not a gambler, without telling me...

I have never stopped in the middle of gambling and thought, you know what I need to do right now is run out the other people eating, taking pictures, lining up to buy merch for a show...then I'mma come back to gambling.

Just say it. The builders who used "values" as a prop, they get tempted by gambling when they assess viable pivots