I wish that whoever was explaining how and why it works actually knew a little bit more than what they were assuming about "people pay for the content" and missing the obvious "people get paid to curate as well", me thinks that might have pushed Joe over the fence and we'd be welcoming him here about now, it's only a matter of time though, he is an Anarchist and as you said he's a cool dude, anyone who openly says "I smoke weed and there's nothing wrong with it" is a hero in my book, his midlife crisis seemed to be that the Government Lied to him about Weed and that pretty much solidifies him as one of the few innocent and good hearted people that I think earnestly works towards freeing the minds of our brothers, he's made for Steem.