The difference today is that in Filterworld, the metrics-the number of likes, the preexisting attention-tend to speak louder than the piece of culture itself. Not only do they act as a measure of success, but they create success, because they dictate what is recommended to and seen by audiences in the first place.

— Filterworld, pg. 132

the psychology behind likes — we are restricted by the platforms only with likes, but likes don’t mean the same thing. It could be liking because of humour, because of relatability, because of outrage, because of allegiance, or simply an acknowledgement that you have liked it.

paraphrasing from filterworld, pg 135

Intuition is bred from experience. What type of intuition would you want to hone?

Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.

“I know a lot of people who make things who don’t stand proudly by their stuff, I don’t know if they’re too cool or they don’t want to look thirsty, but they’ll put a song out once on their stories — and that’s it.

You went through something. You figured something out in a structured format. You recorded it. Not just one take. Parts and parts.

less ”things I have learned“ lists and more ”things I am learning” — because sometimes it takes a minute…or a lifetime