Without reading anything else, let me tell you one thing, until now you're my favoirite stacker here, so you can't call yourself an idiot.

Now, LN will not only survive but it will be much more popular in 10 years. (Based on my own calculations, my personal love for LN). I never ever imagine Bitcoin without LN. I don't have any idea what nodes are, and don't think that Everyone needs to know but because I love LN, I love to talk about it, barring I know nothing useful.