Yeah, and I don't care. I'm not here on Steemit because I'm fascinated with shiny objects. I'm not going to post them either.
I recoil at a world that considers only economic factors. I am on Steemit because it's a rational vision (theoretically) of social media, and that particularly includes rewards. But I do not seek to maximize my income for work performed on Steemit.
Hell, I don't even do that for work! I'm a carpenter because I LIKE it. I've done other things for greater remuneration, but find far fewer rewards - even in fields I have avid interest in.
My posts are rarely created with any thought whatsoever as to how efficiently they'll reward me financially. Rather, I discuss things I am interested in, and enjoy hearing criticism particularly, because it is the grindstone that sharpens the blade.
Lastly (honest!), equating the value of the work in a post to the rewards it earns completely ignores the fact that it is through the quality and content of your posts that you create something far more valuable than a discrete sum: the source of that sum.
Write your posts in order to gain audience, not coin, and you will gain more of both.