Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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taste is algorithmically done but it comes from within your own frame of experiences and knowledge
another interesting point — you can be interested but not like it.
The aesthetics within each taste world are not random but map to the social needs of the individuals — e.g. the wealthy prefer goods that signal capital and privilege, while countercultures advocate conventions and beliefs antithetical to the current class structure.
Culture: An Owner's Manual • Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
Where’s the drama?
I didn’t want to lose anything. That was the main problem,” Sarah Manguso writes on the opening page of Ongoingness, her short book about learning to let herself forget things. She long fears being “lost in time,” until finally she realizes (as I’ve quoted once before), “the forgotten moments are the price of continued participation in life.” In re... See more
“forgetting as a form of hedonic adaptation”
"The key is to enjoy hanging out on the edge. That is, you find it interesting to attempt things one step beyond where you are right now. It could be the edge of your ability or the edge of your knowledge or the edge of your network.
If you reach — but just a little — and you do it every week, then you'll take on challenges that are manageable enou... See more
If you reach — but just a little — and you do it every week, then you'll take on challenges that are manageable enou... See more
3-2-1: On acting with confidence, the different types of age, and the importance of momentum
The number of people who are willing to start something is MUCH smaller than the number of people willing to contribute once someone else starts something.