Just the question I have been asking myself too. I came up with a few reasons, chief among them being that I'm here to learn the future as it happens. I'm here to be part of a community that I believe is open-minded enough for me to share even my wildest dreams (like...a Steemit intercultural festival in Victoria Falls) and they would catch on immediately unlike the usual you going crazy look. I live in Zimbabwe, a third world country of epic abundance yet rife with abject poverty. It is normal for people this end to be laggards by default (sometimes never catching up) thus I made up my mind not to be left behind. A lot of terms and things here are still very much confusing for me but its a welcome challenge. I believe I will be a valuable contributor and a bridge between worlds that are seperated by knowledge and access to it. I look forward to a time when the activities of a rural coorporative run by near-illiterate women in a Zimbabwean rural area can receive intellectual, business, moral and financial support via Steemit. I will share the progress of my social enterprise project too.
We have quiet a chunk of lithium (about 10%,or more and ranked 5th according to www.worldatlas.com), a mineral which I personally consinder tech-gold given its practical applications in battery technology and one that shouldnt be left at the mercy of huge MNCs profiteering. We have a real opportunity to own this resource from mining to finished product. I hope to find practical solutions that are more humane and collaborative.
I will also share intriguing stories of how beautiful life in Southern Africa is, socially and culturally. I hope to make friends. I hope to find a mentor. My presence here feels like being Neo in The Matrix but I have just landend and everybody here thus far is a Morpheus.
I hope that Steemit will speedup my learning curve in blochain technology and that a day will come soon when my contributions, bring life changing value to Steemians, to Zimbabweans and to the world.
As for how I got here ummn, I was looking for something like this...you guys read my mind or we were devinely connected. Either way, I dont recall how but a blog called Wayki Wayki by one Mark Night had a lot to do with it. This is my first post on Steemit, by the way!