As agents remove online friction, physical presence becomes the scarce resource
sebpaquet · x · 2026-11-06
Replying to Neal Khosla, Polina Melamed argues the one thing an agent can't do is actually be there: as online friction collapses, presence becomes scarce — the long dinner, the playground, the people who know your kids' names. The part of life we won't want to automate.
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