Respectfully, i think this is a naïve position, given the Zeitgeist of the last few years

Yes the question mark should be read with hesitancy. I suppose you are right. Too hopeful.

That sounds ready made for a monkey's paw situation with intelligence agency intervention. Sort of like this joke of mine which probably isn't original despite thinking it up myself. "Sure everyone says they want world peace but when you take steps towards it suddently you're 'illegally proliferating nuclear weaponry and launch capability to rogue nations'!".

I don't think people would be more inventivized in a practical sense than they already are.