this is deeply concerning because changing the social contract destroys the trust (or SHOULD destroy the trust) between the community and the developers of the cryptocurrency.
If there is a problem with reward formula it can't be fixed because you might get deeply concerned? The formula was changed, and people decided to download the client with the changed formula, thus the trust was not destroyed.
That's one attribute of Evan, he doesn't ponder and mull over things for ages he just goes and does and accomplishes things.
The launch was far from optimal, that much has been established after a year of talking about it. What has happened has happened, and what can be done is either to keep crying about it or to move on.