I like the way it is set up, I receive half now to improve my life and the other half is set aside so I can retire early. I can't see a reason to power down, I trust that the price will skyrocket in the next few years with the influx of new users and attention.
We just need to find a way to get more SP in the hands of curators. @kryptik wrote a very interesting article about this and it needs more attention so we can grow Steemit faster, I linked his article below.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@kryptik/content-creators-it-s-not-about-you