YES i am an abundant believer in powering up! Not only all the benefits you mentioned, but also we are holding Steem which has abundant possibilities for prosperity in 2018 and beyond. steem is below $10 now, but will not always be so!

I'm also super excited to take part in Delegating steem power! I'd like to keep Powering up to make my votes more powerful and so i can help some minnows out someday cuz we all know how hard it is under 500 SP when you don't have the slider bar!!