Cryptocurrency projects such as Steem have to work within relatively narrow constraints of their founding principles and economics. Changing a system, even if some perceive it to be better, will often cause more people to leave.
I think the ideas expressed in this article need to be refined and may well serve as the foundation of a completely different cryptocurrency. Each cryptocurrency project needs to be pure to its founding vision or it can risk falling victim to mob rule.
Let the steem to the whales and subscribe for the Grantcoin universal basic income.