Welcome back after a long time :-)
It's nice to have you back!

EOS, Komodo and Enigma are 3 projects that I'm really interested in. The last two are privacy focused and I think they will be the real competition to radically transparent EOS as it excels other projects when it comes to scaling. Also check out Elastos which is a really amazing project.

You'd also love to hear about Eric Hoffer who I was very glad to discover:
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@vimukthi/eric-hoffer-the-greatest-american-philosopher-of-20th-century-that-nobody-talks-about-quoting-the-wisdom-of-the-true-believer