It's not only steemit, it's the blockchain. I tried to explain it to an admin and he had difficulties grasping it... it's decentralisation that really stuns them. Somehow it's like an alien idea that was planted by Jedi Knights :D

And steemit is indeed revolutionary with all its burdens, pettiness and wars, which somehow makes it more fascinating, cause it's the real mirror. Its beauty probably comes from brutality and lack of scruples. It's raw... like a jungle, but that's how you know it's fresh and has ways to grow... nobody really gives a fuck about you and I find it very refreshing :)