I Watched AI Destroy a $10,000 Industry. Here’s What Survived.
AI destroyed the information broker model in college admissions, making data free and instant. But scammers immediately repackaged AI output as premium advice. The real insight: as information loses value, the ability to take responsibility for someone else’s life-changing decision becomes the new scarcity. Professionals who survive will stop being data providers and start being decision partners โ helping people bear the anxiety of choice.