There was a period of time where I was always reading philosophical pieces, articles, blogs etc. where I came across references to this idea over and over, actually some said  the loss of worship and prayer resulted even in their deaths.  It's possible that it's a more modern myth, it certainly is referenced often in popular culture dealing with anything supernatural or paranormal, many series I've watched or read in the past decade for example. I'm afraid I wasn't speaking about famous names such as Homer or Iliad if that's how I came across. Messages are deliberately put in literature and film-of course you would know that, as you did the same, though in your case it came from your spirit. In others there's an agenda, something my husband calls "Notice on the people", as long as they tell us, even with fiction, they're exonerated from responsibility. They can say "we told them, it's not our fault they couldn't see it." 
Crap, I keep trying to shorten this, but it's a really long subject from the years we spent 'down the rabbit hole'. A time where my husband spent probably twelve hours a day studying texts such as Black's Law, Webster's 1828, Matthew Henry's commentaries etc.,-to learn how the system truly works. Something that started as simply as learning that in law there are nine different definitions for the word 'is' and the word 'must' actually means 'may or may not', a far cry from what we were taught...and there I go again, haha! I'll stop now :)
I do believe your right about blockchain technology. It paves the way for the dreamers and inventors...the creators in this realm. Now that's a future I can get excited about!