Thanks for the level-headed responses smooth. When I look at the digging/staking graphs dooglus put up periodically, there seems to be a big difference pre and post lottery. But that's probably because the lottery coins are not reflected, i'm not sure.
I had a realization.. a major worry of mine was future big(ger) diggers.. however the more time that passes, the less digs are worth due to the 500k coins issued yearly through staking. This is a great thing. So while it's true that many won't agree on how best to proceed, i think what will most likely happen is nothing at all.. and that might not be such a bad thing after all.