It's really damn hard to convince someone to organically curate altruistically when the system is so flawed and abused right in your face. People have developed the mindset of protecting what is left so they can be assured of their fair share (in their minds).

I'd love to see a system implemented, where finding the best content and pushing it up for others to see, is rewarded almost as much as passively selling votes. And so visiting trending would be worthwhile for me, other Steemians and everyone around the world, no matter if they'd be crypto user or not. Is that achievable? Well I'm still here, so I guess I have some hope. At least it seems Steemit Inc is finally ready to at least try and achieve some resemblence of proof of brain. It took 2 years of community outcry for them to acknowledge the problem publicly...

We need to keep figuring out ways to utilize the greed that drives people, so it will benefit more than just the person themselves. Only that way will Steem truly flourish, I think.