> getting mad at the crowd for saying it is not likely to help Except the emperor does have clothes, this pessimism simply isn't based in reality, it's based o

> getting mad at the crowd for saying it is not likely to help Except the emperor does have clothes, this pessimism simply isn't based in reality, it's based on a rose-tinted view of the past and a misunderstanding of why people use these services over the older alternatives. The author seems to have such limited life experience that he can't even fathom why someone would prefer Uber over the taxis of old, or find great value in using generative AI every day, or prefer Spotify over something like the iTunes Store. The value proposition is so obvious and clear, and yet the author can't even see it.