Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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Scott Belsky coined the term insecurity work to describe work that does not move the ball forward, but is quick enough that you can do it multiple times a day without realizing.
Unlike insecurity work, deep work often feels elusive because it takes time.
It requires weaning yourself from distractions and being unencumbered by the highs and lows of th... See more
Unlike insecurity work, deep work often feels elusive because it takes time.
It requires weaning yourself from distractions and being unencumbered by the highs and lows of th... See more
But for me, for now, the friction is what I’m looking for. I am grateful — genuinely — for what Google and Apple and others did to make digital life easy over the past two decades. But too much ease carries a cost. I was lulled into the belief that I didn’t have to make decisions. Now my digital life is a series of monuments to the cost of combinin... See more
Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
failings of the modern internet and the joy of inconvenience
convenience has created a culture of passivity. Where’s the intention behind things?
“The time you spend is really spending time,” he said. “It isn’t wasting time. Then one has to find within that spending of time an allowing oneself to just not feel you’re wasting it if you’re just existing for the moment. Just exist.
Martin Scorsese: “I Have To Find Out Who The Hell I Am.”
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Digital platforms are largely devoted to making users consume more, faster—think of TikTok’s frenetic “For You” feed or Spotify’s automated playlists. Curators slow down the unending scroll and provide their followers with a way of savoring culture, rather than just inhaling it, developing a sense of appreciation.
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1.4. The largest cultural segment in any society is the “mainstream,” although it may represent a plurality rather than a majority.
1.4.1 The “average” person in any society belongs to this taste world as it requires no specialized knowledge, nor has very high barriers to participation. Tastes can be acquired through ambient absorption — e.g. heari... See more
1.4.1 The “average” person in any society belongs to this taste world as it requires no specialized knowledge, nor has very high barriers to participation. Tastes can be acquired through ambient absorption — e.g. heari... See more
Culture: An Owner's Manual • Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
seeds and ambient culture
Could we say that the mainstream is pretty much ambient culture — where you’re merely a passive receiver, you don’t choose but simply pander to the plurality? Is this too the effects of filterworld - where it converges to homogenity?