A very similar argument could have been applied to travel agents a generation+ ago. There was a single bill to pay instead of booking your own hotel, flights, c

A very similar argument could have been applied to travel agents a generation+ ago. There was a single bill to pay instead of booking your own hotel, flights, cruise, rental car, etc, etc. It turns out that many (not all) people are willing, able, and actively want to make the choices to curate their experience and see what happens. Yes, it's more work but it's probably closer to what they want.. OR if they miss, it's on them with few others to blame. We've reached the point where there is SO much noise and the algorithms are optimized to feed you more noise that people suffer. In some cases, it manifests as the constant anxiety and stress of "omg this thing happened!" while in others, it's just the constant interruptions. Regardless, I suspect we're going to see the pendulum swing back and we'll see strategic disconnection to filter out the noise, chaos, and BS. If that's correct, Substack nailed the timing and should do well for quite a while to come.