Dispatch from Substack's 2026 New York City Summit

The highest earners on Substack aren't debating whether to use AI. They're asking a better question: how to stay valuable in a world that's full of it.

I spent a day in New York in a room with some of the biggest names on the platform, and the words that kept surfacing weren't the ones the growth-advice economy sells. No one said hacks. No one said viral. What they talked about was fun, taste, and the person behind the words.

This episode covers:

*Why the era of giving your best work away for free may be over.

*Which skills are about to gain value on Substack, and which are about to lose it.

*Why slow, steady growth is the only kind with substance.