I'm suggesting that, contrary to the article's thesis, bitcoin's thesis and the parent's assertions, identity is central to many core functions of our society and is not something to be elided or ignored.
Identity is not dead, nor does it deserve to die.
Is there room for a corporate or distributed version of identity? Probably, but it might have to wait for the power of nation states to wane further, and it needs to acknowledge that identity is a core concern in many of these domains.
Fwiw, people have been hyping what an “interesting unsolved problem” identity is for a long time.
As far as I can tell, the existing solutions are more than good enough that any additional hacks are already built on top of them.