Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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The nature of our fad culture is driving more value not just to those who blow up, but to those who can hold on to their 15 seconds of fame, a task made harder thanks to our information overload.
Tal • Creators Eating the World
“holding on to the 15s of fame”. Maybe it’s not about mainstream fame, but it’s about micro-fame. I feel like I saw this somewhere
... See moreConsumers are now increasingly segmented into semi-private digital spaces, whether unintentionally (via an algorithmic bubble) or intentionally (i.e., Discord, close friends stories, BeReal, etc.)
As a result, some brands are engaging with wildly varied audiences and subcultures to create mixtures of interests, values and identities that are totally
The concept of “wellness” has evolved into a massive industry worth billions, and yet beneath the glossy veneer lies an ironic reality: the pursuit of wellness is making people unwell.
Hannah Marcus • Competitive Wellness
- How do you know, or what makes you think, you have a problem? What are its symptoms?
- What are the root causes behind these symptoms?
- What are the root causes behind these root causes?
- What is making this a “now” problem?
- What will happen if you don’t solve it?
- What won’t happen if you don’t solve it?
- What will and won’t happen if you do solve it?
- How will
The hole that is in their soul
for something new to emerge, you have to help things die. that there’s a difference between abandoning and tending. that endings need as much care as beginnings.
Keely • hey so we're hosting a funeral
To restore cultural innovation, he proposes, paradoxically, that we once again need to become intimately familiar with all that has come before:
In the past, conservatives treated the canon as a sacred and complete archive, something to be preserved rather than expanded. This is precisely why the avant-garde sought to destroy it. But in truth, even... See more
Alexi Gunner • idle gaze 076: archive-futurism
culture and how do we make better use of our archives?
nothing is ever new. The past informs the future
Some companies go all in on the ecstasy - ‘here’s our magical vision for the future’. Others commit to the laundry - look at our rich feature-set isn’t it amazing?”
sari azout • 2023 End of Year Letter
when creating vector, i thought of...
this captures how I feel about vector, we still exist in that liminal space between ideation and creation. It’s exciting and frightening all at the same time and I take comfort in struggling to find the words because that means it’s something new!