I used to be a bit paranoid, always saying "I only look on-chain," treating candlestick charts and narratives as noise.

Later I realized that wasn't right either; no matter how clean the on-chain data is, if emotions tighten, there will still be踩踏 (liquidation or stampede), especially recently as everyone is watching token unlock calendars and staking unlock "selling pressure," which often just scares themselves first.

This modular system, frankly, the most intuitive change for end users isn't "more advanced," but: you might not even realize you've changed chains or layers, the wallet signing is still the same few steps, but routing is more fragmented, bridges are more numerous, and the experience can sometimes be smoother or sometimes more bizarre.
For someone like me who loves exploring niche liquidity, the impact is quite tangible: the same demand is split into different places, making liquidity easier to hide in corners, and opportunities more easily overlooked... Of course, there are more pitfalls too.
Anyway, I now look at on-chain data, then force myself to look at emotions, not to be stubborn.