The speed of computation leads to productivity gains that should flow to society in the form of lower prices (but can’t from a currency that requires inflation) That IS the driver of the manipulation of currencies and centralization from it. (Because currency needs ever increasing manipulation to stop the free market)

If measuring from bitcoin, that deflation is flowing to you (instead of being stolen from you) You active participation here is a signal that you are on (or at least learning and contributing) to protocols that bring freedom and abundance.  
In other words, we decide for ourselves what system we make stronger through our actions.