> When I’m driving, I hand my phone to a friend and say, “Reply ‘on my way’ to my Mom.” They act on my behalf, through my identity, even though the software has no built-in concept of delegation. That is the world we are entering.

That is a very small part of the world we're entering.

The other vast majority of use cases will come from even more abusive bots than we have today, filling the internet with spam, disinformation, and garbage. The dead internet is no longer a theory, and the future we're building will make the internet for bots, by bots. Humans will retreat into niche corners of it, and those who wish to participate in the broader internet will either have to live with this, or abide by new government regulations that invade their privacy and undermine their security.

So, yes, confirming human identity is the only path forward if we want to make the internet usable by humans, but I do agree that the ideal solution will not come from a single company, or a single government, for that matter. It will be a bumpy ride until we figure this out.