Great post, I think it will help the new people. I have been reading everything I can for days to try to understand Steem. People should read the whitepaper too.

This article might help people understand the reasons why Steem was created and its value:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@melek/open-discourse-and-how-steemit-is-qualitatively-different-from-every-intellectual-society-that-proceeded-it