Ultimately, in my opinion, Steem should be an incubator for any talent, connecting people and businesses around the world with shared incentives to grow an contribute to the ecosystem.
When Steem was @ (only) 9 dollar, we had a few Steemians in the poorest countries of the world earing 20-100$ per day (or a years salary of a well paid job in just 3 weeks). So the ultimate goal could even be to end poverty and let talent cultivate in a censorship-free environment where everybody can contribute and bring value to the ecosystem.
The possibilities are endless if my BTC prediction of > 100.000$ becomes reality.
'getting paid' to blog is a ecosystem suck. We need value add businesses if this future is possible. It is totally possible if we also have value added businesses built on this protocol.