Agalia Tan

There are two types of people making stuff: content creators and artists .

Both are creative. But there is one distinct difference: Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Artists are not.

• Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Creators are trying to get a good-enough cut, a performant-enough ad, or an

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Culture just bends toward whoever shows up. This should empower and motivate us as much as terrify us.

until the behavior became habit, the habit became the culture, and the culture became accepted

If Product Market Fit is about existing infrastructure ensuring blast off, Product Culture Fit signals that culture is ready for new meanings, symbols, and narratives. Does this idea align with social or individual values? Does this story make sense? Is this behavior socially acceptable?

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AD: One thing I clocked early on about all this AI stuff is the language around it. When we talk about Google, we say, “I Googled something.” I’m the one doing the Googling. But with ChatGPT, we say, “ChatGPT did it.” We gave it agency pretty quickly. I think that’s really hard to claw back. Most people don’t even realize they’re giving it soul.