This is often what people forget when looking at counterfactuals, as they assume that they would have acted a certain way, even though history proved they didn't.
Years ago, my right index finger was hovering over a button. I had already entered my debit card information and was almost ready to buy $100 worth of Bitcoin at a crazy high price of $0.47 per Bitcoin. I hesitated. And decided it was too risky of a speculation. Saved myself $100.
Today, it doesn’t bother me at all that it would now be valued at $1.6 million.
Because, at the time, I was clueless about the importance of private keys. After having spent $100, I would have almost certainly moved it to someplace like Mt. Gox for safekeeping.
There are so many similar stories, but people conveniently forget their own nature :)
What would have been interesting for steem is if people like yourself has been aware from the start and got in/ bought in at the lows. I wonder what it would look like if instead of a handful of techies and maximalists, there were 1000 community orientated people instead.