After watching most of the livestreams from Steemfest I share your thoughts but being still relatively new here has me excited of what has been built in my short time here. Because of this I think that the Steem price offers an interesting risk/reward profile worth a look for many no matter what the objective is. I remember thinking about those who bought below $1 when I was buying around $4 and now I can be one of them so I continue to add to my stake and try my best to engage with the community for others to do the same any way they can.