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Jimmy Nicholls's avatar

My impression is we've traded off a lot of stuff for convenience, and we're paying the price. To take the Amazon example, you can buy a lot of cheap stuff, but it's often very low quality. In some categories it's difficult to find even mid quality items, and forget about advice and support.

I think you see this everywhere. By slashing barriers to entry markets have been flooded with crap, and every day we swim in it. Social media (of which Substack is included) is a case in point, with the ratio skewing to low quality. Maybe it's progress, but the caveats are considerable.

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Sheldon Richman's avatar

Love it!

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