while i agree with some of this, i think that a lot of people coast here on personality or connections and not much work. and i believe that while some people hope that steem does well, I don't feel that equals believing it will do well.
I am here for the people and the interaction between minds all bent to a similar purpose. to me, that is the value. To other people value comes from something different.
if I get upset, its more over the loss of standards. if people treat steem as if its a place to cash in, I feel this lessens the dignity and perceived value. if people come here to build something better together, it will become a form of community social art - a solid base for the architecture.
all of this perception of jealousy and self interest being motivating factors of the marketplace, well, isn't that just a mirror? not everyone has that mindset. perhaps the trick is to let go of believing that certain rules apply to all economies. sometimes it isn't about the money.
Personality matters wherever relationships matter, and that is in any community.
The architecture requires infrastructure that supports a gallery to be built upon. There is more to it than the UI that most people evaluate.
It is all a mirror isn't it? I don't hold much jealousy personally though, not since I was about 16 - but then I have worked since then and been relatively self-reliant since then also.
Perhaps not, but,
This is an expectation/feeling of the way things should be, which is fine for you but not necessarily for others who might think quite differently. this sets up personal conflicts and issues because,
You can feel that your purpose is being undermined by those who don't understand the value that you see.
Value has nothing to do with money. Money is just a token.
Value has nothing to do with money. Money is just a token.
try telling that to a capitalist.. this is what I think is warped about our world. we are taught that capitalism is good and everything else is bad, yet having values that oppose or contradict that model challenge the system. If money is just a token, then why do people spend so much time trying to acquire it? rhetorical questions. i just find it ironic.
Depends on the world you are raised in I guess. I think many are opposed to capitalism, yet happily partake in supporting it through what they demand from the world.
Because of what it represents and can by turned toward, influence, status and power. Tokens can have value, it doesn't mean that value has to have money.