This post gets to the heart of Steemit's potential, laying out the divide that will keep it from evolving from a social media/cryptocurrency phenomenon from a societal force to be reckoned with.
"Societal force to be reckoned with" may seem like a dramatic or overheated notion, but I believe that Steemit is already a societal force in waiting, by which I mean the infrastructure is in already in place - it's up to the users to engage in serious, quality work in whatever realm they are passionate about, while not forgetting to do so with joy and gusto like the happy warriors this world so sorely needs.