I've read a few good articles about Dan and EOS over the last few days. These are two of them that may be helpful (not my posts).

https://steemit.com/steemit/@mohit18jan/the-wizard-behind-bitshares-steem-and-eos-how-dan-larimer-is-shaping-our-future

https://steemit.com/crowdsourcing-clarity/@kafkanarchy84/crowdsourcing-clarity-episode-09-looking-for-a-simple-and-thorough-explanation-of-eos-10-sbd-reward-for-most-helpful-answer - there is a really detailed comment from @sameerawan that will explain a fair bit.