This piece from the Washington Post discusses some of the details of the Merge, in addition to some of Vitalik’s future visions for the Ethereum ecosystem. Soulbound tokens are debated, and folks like Glen Weyl point out that while the blockchain itself may be more environmentally friendly, that does not mean that everything happening on said blockchain is all rainbows and sunshine. We have a long way to go before we reach the visions of the future that blockchain advocates are building for. Nonetheless, the Merge is a fantastic social and technical feat.