Makes me think of reciprocal altruism
...sounds like 'Pay It Forward', where everybody wins. IMO earning is really just a 'side-effect' of expressing one's authentic voice. Gaming the system is possible, as is speaking in an inauthentic voice. But (again IMO), when crypto moons (as it will in spite of the FUD), even a small holding of a few hundred Steem tokens will hold a great deal of value. Comparison of stashes may (will) still take place, but this becomes a bit meaningless when even a fraction of either 'stash' represents a lot. In a discussion about various interesting aspects of the Steem Blockchain that I just listened to, @frankbacon poses the question: "How are you trading your attention, ie. how you are mining your Steem tokens?"
First off, thank you for this beautiful imagery @barge, it's fantastic!
I had to step in for a moment while futuremind is off digesting the information you have provided.
He still has much learning to do, and doesn't even realize the fallacy of his thinking sometimes, but he is trying hard to improve.
I'm sure futuremind won't mind me saying, he was blown away at witnessing @fulltimegeek's selflessness. This was unbeknownst to him, as there is much to keep up with on the blockchain.
See you around @barge, much love.