Agalia Tan

A publication isn't content. A publication is the exploration

of an idea.

Social media’s algorithms, Manifest Destiny style, took the wide-open space of my attention as empty land to be colonized. And to colonize desirable space, land has to be first defined as free, available for the taking. Which means, conveniently, the land has no life, or reason, or desire, unto itself and isn’t already a “home.” But my attention is... See more

Maybe the emotional payoff of a fixed narrative is too ingrained in audiences to be eliminated. It certainly hasn’t been easy for Hustwit to adapt “Eno”to the commercial conventions of streaming and DVDs.

in choosing who you spend time with you choose who you are.

“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib”

― Frank Herbert, Dune

Sacrificing your reputation in the short term is always a bad idea.