The problem with models, and maths, is that just like words you can use them as you will. No physical limit exists that prevents false words from issuing from our mouths or keyboards, and none prevents bad models and the wrong equations from being used either.
This doesn't make either unusable, but requires they be used and judged with veracity and reason.
I have predicted a post-market economy, and I suspect we will first - and soon - experience a post-economy market, which globalists are about to impose. On Hive, we today have Steem as an example to follow, or a warning shot across our bow.
I suspect whales are watching token price. I suggest they base their decisions on broader societal values.
It's all I can do. Such facts as the existence of wealth that exceeds the market cap of all cryptos together should provide impetus for them to secure their stakes, because for some the price of Hive is trivial, and the annoyance caused by it's community is insufferable.