Really good article! I already wrote about the importance of whale upvotes and the 'Joshua Bell phenomenom' (https://steemit.com/steemit/@crypt0mine/steemit-whales-successful-blogs-and-the-joshua-bell-phenomenon)
We need a middle class. And we are too dependent on whales. We waste tons of quality content. I even saw an artist that posted once, received 0$, reposted one week later and got 263$ on exactly the same content.
Great comment and I read your article which is also great. Let's hope that a heavy weight bumps into this post of mine and lets see what the reaction is.