From everything you said, it seems as though, everybody undergoes a similar journey on steem. the fear of the whole thing stopping because it sounds too good to be true but then, that journey is limited to those who have something to offer coupled with the tenacious hunger to make money out of it. The truth is money is a big motivation for what people do here. it's only wrong when money is the only motivation.
As for greed, I think greed is in everyone of us, even GIVING is GREED and this is the reason why:
I give , mosttimes, because it gives me an inner sense of satisfaction that I invented a sincere smile on someone else's face as a result of my giving and that kind of invention has a bigger sense of satisfaction than many other materialistic inventions. So , i suppose that it is same for everyone.
I hope that one day, I will grow as much as you have and therefore be able to do some of
my fantasies like you talked about in your previous post.
The age old truth - slow and steady wins the race, eventually the audience who wants to find your brilliant work will find it but you also have to go helpo them to find you - so you have to save them from having to steadily wade their way through a lot of the fluff on top of the pile
edit: did i mention, I was blown away by your brilliant work? Glad to find your blog.