Taproot is the new Segwit. Scaleability improvements, on chain multisig and time lock improvements, master keys. P2SH, MAST Schnorr, privacy! It is the next wave of upgrades. People are scrutinizing and testing this and if it doesn't make sense to you, let's just say its looking good. The metaphor says in all. It makes bitcoin stronger and features will make it more institutionally entrenched in a decentralised way. it's in the name, it's like evolving a taproot.