I am a Steem addict, and like many addicts, I even tried to quit, and find something else. It didn't work. It's too captivating, and holds too much potential.

Steemit is a test.

It's a test, a mirror, a petri dish for our minds. You may not be able to see this yet, but if you stay here, you will.Every day each of us struggles with something. At first, when you get it in here, you struggle with trying to get people to give you money. Your mind is focused each day on that mission. And each day, your worth begins to be measured in numbers underneath your post. If you have $0, you feel horrible. So, your fear kicks in. You start making plans, or building bots.If your mind is in this stage 1 phase, you will not understand stage 2. But if you have a mind that exists on the periphery, or if you have been struggling for a long time in life, you might begin to see the outlines of stage 2, on your own.

So, what is stage 2 exactly?

Stage 2 is a survival mindset that is hyper-focused on other things besides the money ticker. The people who get to stage 2 quickly know the following things:

1. Money exists in the minds of people.
2. People make decisions where to put their money based more on social and emotional reasons than purely intellectual reasons.
3. Social bonds between people determine to a large extent where money goes.
4. Humans are emotional, irrational and are in need of feeling a certain way.
5. Each person who is capable of giving wealth to others is a unique person with unique tastes.
6. Many whales and dolphins still do not get their own intellectual and reading needs met.
7. Humans will feed their own children before the children of others.
8. Humans evolved from tribes, and I believe we are headed into a digital tribe era.