We need more and more varied DNS zones so there's competition between them. And not gTLDs which are just extensions of .us, but zones with genuinely independent administration.
Agreed. DNS is, afaik, the very best naming system we've got. But there's plenty left to do to make it better for human beings. Legally encoded rights to DNS names paired with easy-to-use GUIs for non-technical users would be near the top of my list.
And greater zone diversity like you say too. Kinda related to that, something like increased pinning of non-root DNSSEC keys so that the root isn't so all-powerful.
And greater zone diversity like you say too. Kinda related to that, something like increased pinning of non-root DNSSEC keys so that the root isn't so all-powerful.