I broadly agree with this - particularly because Kurtzman's plan now is to have a large number of short-season Treks running more or less concurrently, which means you have a vast array of storytelling options that can be experimented with. Hell, Trek can be bolder than ever. Don't like one Trek - another one will come along more to their liking.
I think Discovery in particular is a poor choice for this though because it's absolutely not really something bounded by a creative vision. It hasn't been since they shitcanned Bryan Fuller. He was the one with the original, creative, vision for Star Trek (though the execution was apparently marred by his coke binge, mental health issues, or whatever the hell else was going on in his life that caused him to self-destruct professionally). Once he left, CBS just wanted "moar Trek" and they passed it on to people who - even if they might have liked the franchise - didn't create the original vision of the show. Indeed, if it wasn't a valuable franchise like Star Trek, they assuredly would have just plain up canceled Discovery given a single episode had yet to be filmed. Discovery began shifting from that point onward from an artistic vision to a product. Which is why it isn't surprising that as time has gone on it's gotten more eager to please and played it safe.
