Have I writen anywhere that I think maybe Venkatesh Rao might be the smartest thinker about this int

Have I writen anywhere that I think maybe Venkatesh Rao might be the smartest thinker about this internet machine out there? This essay on what it means to blog now, with regard to the online writing options like Substack that are doing better at making money, is one of the only critiques of the Substack trend I've found at all compelling. But of course it's a nuanced take and doesn't at all say that people shouldn't do newsletters. It just says that blogging is a much edgier move and probably always will be.

Anyway is blogging like the Lovecrafting monster of the internet? Maybe, but if there is such a pantheon one must include email itself as well.