PoB, as Steem envisioned, does not work as imagined. And this is not complicated to understand at all. Now, had we a system that did adequately tap into crowd wisdom, in that case, it would've been something quite fantastic. The same reason that PoB does not work as defined is also what causes the blockchain to function. To tap into crowd wisdom with an unequal stake, up and downvotes, and voting trails was pie in the sky thinking, and we need to get over that and adapt.

That part is simple if you are honest with yourself about what crowd wisdom is. Look at this video to realize how all these people collectively came to an accurate result, and had some of the people's numerical opinions, had more weight than the others; In that case, such accuracy would not have gotten realized. That said, the idea of up and downvoting coming to anything intelligent isn't going to happen on HIVE with any consistency.

Malicious downvotes are not proof of intelligence, and in some cases, they almost serve as proof that we're trying to chase people off and away from the platform. This behavior generates horrible word of mouth and terrible PR. Not only that, but it also comes off cliquey and culty. So how can we realize a wiser system, a system with a brain? It's simple. We can promote a culture of better behavior and also discourage malicious downvotes.

We live in a world where the law of the jungle is the foundation of reality. It is the truth. However, this truth does not prevent us from overlaying on top of that jungle law, other systems of law. In most western nations, laid on top of 'the law of the jungle' was natural law, and then common law, and then civil law. I'm not saying that all these systems of law are 'good' per se. However, even the natural law convinced a lot of people to avoid harming other people(s earning potential).