I successfully got 2 middle aged cats to do this. They have both since passed and I have two new cats. I haven't bothered to train them, but I think it's because my wife cleans their box and I haven't thought about it.

The first two cats did this almost effortlessly. They didn't give us any trouble because we changed steps slowly.

I believe you, sounds like a bit of a bother to train the new cats as well. Makes me wonder though if once one cat was trained, if you got a new kitten whether it could pick up the behavior from the trained older cat. That'd be pretty great - the gift that keeps on giving.

I've heard people reference this platform before, but I have no idea what it is. I just looked at the substack.com, and I feel like I still don't understand it.

Is it a blogging platform mixed with a newsletter tool?

Either I missed it entirely, or the landing page assumes I know what it is before I get there.

Even the about page is buried in "link soup" at the bottom of the page and just leads to hand waving and eventually a short story about something in 1833.

I don't know what needs to be built, but I do know that I don't know what this is.

From the first paragraph on the linked jobs page:

>We make it simple for writers to publish to an email list that they own, get discovered on the web, and charge for subscriptions.

Sounds to me like a blogging and newsletter platform with subscription fees paid to writers

The author is explicit about who this is for.

There is never a suggestion that the single mom working multiple minimum wage jobs to make ends meet is the target.

> If you have the resources to spend some time exploring, if you are on to interesting threads of novelty that few other people have, and if you have the spirit to tighten your belt, throw out your map, and explore off-road, then your real job is to do so.

Yes, I see the piece as a call to action if you have the means. Like it's almost a moral obligation to yourself or society.

> If you have the resources to spend some time exploring, if you are on to interesting threads of novelty that few other people have, and if you have the spirit to tighten your belt, throw out your map, and explore off-road, then your real job is to do so.

The essay is calling out people of means directly and telling them to stop wasting their time.

If you have the means, it is your real job to do so.

The entire article is a call to build a leisure class. Not whisky and xbox leisure. Newton and Seneca leisure.

This doesn't smell like privilege, it is privilege. But it is highlighting not only the opportunity of that life, but the duty.