the ever increasing specialisation is indeed a problem, specially for me, as i feel ever more stupid the more interests i gain as everything is increasingly overcomplicated.
My bank recently updated their website it took me a day to figure out how to make a payment... Total waste of time for something that should be as intuitive as a fart
Steemit also narrows the focus since people follow you for their special focus, if you don't feed their focus enough then they stop following