Awesome post, mate! You've summarized the promise of Steemit as well as some of the obstacles very nicely.

There is still the discoverability problem; hot girls on vacation, makeup tutorials and stolen content rake in the dubloons while for all we know, the secrets of the universe lay buried far below all of that with $0.01 in earnings. But the perfect should not be the enemy of the good! Two huge barriers on the path to financially fruitful self-actualization are now demolished.

Love this paragraph, I've often wondered how much amazing content is buried somewhere on Steemit and how I could go about finding it.