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The Daily Sneak is on a new page with a more distinctive name! You can earn up to 5 SBD per accepted submission for guest curating The Daily Sneak. Submission requirements are published at the bottom of each edition of The Daily Sneak.

Since @josephsavage (the editor) is extremely busy with other projects, we are only publishing when we have guest submissions. If we miss a day, get your submission in! If you pick good content and write great commentary, there is a high likelihood of being selected for publication.

Stories can be discovered anywhere we look - some turn out bad, some turn out good, but no matter the result: we as human beings dig a good story, especially if we have an opportunity to learn from it and gain further insights into some dimly lit areas of inquiry within our own lives.

@paradigmprospect invites you to explore these five diverse stories today of Steemians who have come back to share their insights into the tales that move them and our world.

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The Silk Road and the hunt for the elusive Dread Pirate Roberts

Ever wonder what happened to the Silk Road? You know, that ominous place where people could supposedly get anything?

It reads like a thriller, but maybe it's because I had not been familiar with all the intricate 'ins and outs' of the story of Dread Pirate Roberts and his incredible online empire. In this excellent article @conradt takes us by the hand to explore a modern tale of intrigue featuring an infamous pirate of the digital age and what happened to his mission.

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What’s better than fame? (Part 1)

In life we go through many phases and afterwards we often gain tremendous insights into what drove us and how our expectations often stand in contrast to actuality.

As we grow older we realize that many people often liked us for the entirely wrong reasons - and playing in a band will give you a nice taste of this. Is it cool we are playing here? Yes. Do you really admire my music? Not really, I'm here for the drinks.

As @whatamidoing describes, human beings are constantly on the search for validation and there are certain types of appreciation that artists get where they can't quite know whether it was genuine or not. As always it's a great place to start with ourselves and to understand how fame and the opinion of other people have shaped our behavior and outlook on life.

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CHOCOLATE - THE RECIPE

What a graphic and well-rounded article about the magic of chocolate and how we can craft a delicious snack all by ourselves, loaded with all sorts of powerful ingredients.

Chocolate isn't chocolate, you know. Anyone who ever had the pleasure of tasting what actual chocolate can taste like will be amazed - while industrial chocolate is mostly loaded with sugar and other ingredients that might not be suited for a conscious diet, this vegan chocolate recipe even sounds great on paper!

If you feel you really want to treat yourself - why not try to make some high quality chocolate on your own and start with this "all time favorite chocolate recipe" of @buckaroo that shows beautifully how satisfying a healthy snack can be.

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18 Inspiring artists on Steemit

Steemit is rich in creative content. The challenge often is to find these pieces of art in the digital jungle with all the other posts floating around - that's why I am always thankful when I come across posts that are in themselves an overview of great selections.

If you love visual art let @beinart take you along and showcase a selection of his favorite artists on the platform in all their unique facets: some challenging, some explorative - all noteworthy.

You may discover great artists in this post and might even get offended at one piece or another ;)

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Using Archetypes: The Fool

@loreshapergames continues his tradition of exploring the energetic archetypes that have been with humanity for a long time - always great to know about if you are a story teller of any sort. His introductions to the topic of archetypes are among the best ones I have read anywhere and the poignant descriptions of the underlying patterns in behavior and life-attitude allow us a glance at our own life in a fresh but timeless manner.

A brilliant opportunity to get a better grasp of what archetypes exist and how they can be interpreted within the realm of human beings. Mad respect for your enlightening series!

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Conclusion

Big welcome back to @paradigmprospect! As always, he has found some amazing, thought-provoking articles for us to wrap our minds around. Check out each article, share your comments, and let the authors know how what you think. For submitting these excellent articles and commentary, @paradigmprospect earns 5 SBD.

Each of these highlighted articles receives full upvotes and resteems from @thedailysneak. In addition, @thedailysneak sponsors featured writers for Steem Basic Income!

Submission Requirements

On to the submission requirements for The Daily Sneak:

1. You can choose from 2 to 5 articles for your entry. Submissions with only one selected article will be ignored.
2. All articles chosen for curation need to have been published within the last 5 days before your entry. It may take time for me to publish your curation, and curated articles need to be within the reward window when your submission is published.
3. You cannot submit your own post for curation. Selections from nsfw will not be accepted. We also check for plagiarism and only highlight authentic content.
4. Selected posts should have less than $50 in total rewards and have not previously been curated by The Daily Sneak.
5. We try to spread the love around, so while selections from authors that have been highlighted before are welcome, they might not be included if the author's last inclusion was recent. Similarly, if you include two articles from the same author in one submission, we will typically highlight only one of the two.
6. Be sure to include your personal bio for me to introduce you to readers, and make sure that each selection has commentary. This can be just a few sentences about why you think the selection is worth our attention, or what is great about it - something that will make people want to click through the headline and check out the actual article. English is preferred, but other languages will be considered as long as English translation is included.
7. Please use this web form to submit your entry. https://goo.gl/forms/VH2MGIMEgqZmd9ef1
8. Including image links to the source article is not required (and we prefer to leave some mystery if photography is highlighted and the article has only one photo.) However, we like to include images in The Daily Sneak, and not including any image links may decrease the likelihood of your submissions being published.

If you include more than 2 articles in your submission and not all are approved for publication, your submission may still be published into an edition of The Daily Sneak, as long as at least 2 articles are approved. This could happen for several different reasons. If you are unsure why an article was cut, please review the submission guidelines again. If you are still unsure, feel free to ask politely why it was cut.

Submission Reward

A brief biography of each guest curator will be included in the edition that uses their submission. In addition, each guest curator will receive 1 SBD for each article from their submission that is highlighted in The Daily Sneak. That's up to 5 SBD for each accepted submission!

Right now @thedailysneak's upvote is not worth as much as we are paying for guest curation. Why do we pay so much for guest curation? We believe that quality curation is very important to Steem. Paying our curators well encourages them to spend more time reviewing content and picking out the best pieces!

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