I believe HIVE is where it should be, it’s a working model of what tokenized communities look like. At this point in time the majority cannot wrap their heads around the benefits of that but slowly they are getting hints.
And as your title says “CEO”, many want someone they can look up to when things go right and blame when things go wrong. Hive is a complicated but it has stood the test of time and the devs among us continue to build. I may not be active daily but I believe in HIVE.