I guess I'm going to be the first to say it. This project is bad ass. I think you are on to something here. Look forward to reading the comments. Great job on your prezo.
The website doesn't function well on mobile and the blog is broken, links click to example.org.
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36126032. Perhaps that's why this story didn't get traction.
Here's a 19-minute talk linked from the website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJcd9IckJj8