I've been quietly following your column, Taraz. And this one raises the kind of questions that I'm deeply invested in.

What is content? How does it create a better society? The right (moral) understanding of content karma, dharma even, and the network economy will be fundamental for the future we want to build here on Steemit and elsewhere. Each one of us is responsible for content one creates, and content that we don't because we are always responding to what we see and experience on/off the network. Groups and individuals that don't produce real/original content value for the collective are actually more harmful for our collective mental, intellectual and emotional well-being and growth than we realize.

There are flaws in how incentive or money works. If content authority or influece were based on good moral points rather than neutral points ("Money has no color or religion!"), we would be better off as a society. We can begin to arrive at such a point after universal basic income, or some form of program that eliminates the need to spam or cheat or work for narrow interests or short-term gains at the cost of the collective. I want to believe that it's possible to take care of each one of us--even if/when one has nothing to contribute in form of an original content artifact. There are more ways to be human than one for which there is a reward system.