Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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There’s this passage from the memoirs of the composer Philip Glass, which I think can shed some light on why art—good art—can bring us into a closer connection with ourselves. Glass writes that when he composes music for films,
I don’t spend a lot of time looking at the image. I look at it once. Maybe twice, but not more than twice. Then I depend on... See more
Things that connect us to ourselves, and things that don't
The business card is dead, the traditional office is dying, and base camps for wellness influencers and dating podcasters may be on the rise.
After all, these so-called creators are full-time workers in a professionalized industry, hustling for ad deals and event appearances but often without a place to do it beyond... See more
nymaginstagram.com“The business card is dead.”
It’s the spaces you inhabit that dictates your network. How we curate spaces will also draw in a specific crowd. These principles aren’t new, just increasingly prominent now.
"Don't ignore the problem, but keep it light. Take action with a smile. Adding tension won't solve your troubles faster.
Even when the problem is hard, it doesn't need to harden you. Unknot yourself. Body loose, head clear, and then take the first step.
Be happy in the doing."
Even when the problem is hard, it doesn't need to harden you. Unknot yourself. Body loose, head clear, and then take the first step.
Be happy in the doing."
It comes down to the difference between post-rationalising and pre-rationalising. Right now, we live in a moment of pre-rationalising: we won’t commit to anything unless we can justify it in advance. “Do I have the dashboard? The metric? The deck? The support?” If the data doesn’t say yes, nothing happens. Post-rationalising is the opposite: you... See more
Culture Isn't Coded
you’d assume that in moments like this, people would seek stability and comfort in their media. Instead, you see the opposite: let’s dial that shit up. It’s not always about escape. So sometimes it’s about translation – making the chaos palatable, survivable.
Culture Isn't Coded
Protein This connects to something Protein has been thinking about recently. A report on chaos versus control uncovers how brands are splitting between hyper-controlled, tightly managed identities and others that openly embrace chaos. It made me think about what you’ve said before about discordianism – chaos not as a breakdown of reality, but as a... See more
Culture Isn't Coded
strategy and social media in 2026 and beyond
culture oscillates
Culture isn’t coded – it’s lived. Pattern recognition here is a practice. And it’s also longitudinal: how do these ideas mutate year after year? That immersion gives you something no AI can replicate.
Culture Isn't Coded
The real internet is where you can be yourself because you trust who's watching. Where we talk and text instead of scroll and consume.
What if you could start your own internet?
The status signal is circular: you can afford to be selectively online because you have capital, and being selectively online signals you have capital. The rest of us are still grinding for algorithmic visibility because we don’t have another choice.