@uniwhisp, it seems to me the value of long term thinking and building has gotten a little bit lost in our ever faster world of Instagram and 140-character tweets.
For example, here on Steemit we have a bunch of people "self-upvoting" their own comments... philosophical/ethical factors aside, it's a reflection of wanting things NOW... why take the time to create things and build a long term following if you can just "print money" and put it in your own pocket?
'tis true. Hopefully the quality work will eventually rise to the top.