Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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The future won’t be built merely by those who move fastest, but by those who remember how to stand still. Until we recover the courage to receive what we cannot produce, we will mistake velocity for vision. And we’ll keep accelerating—not toward the good, but simply away from the ground.
Luke Burgis • Everything Is Fast
“Amplification is at the core of Filterworld’s problems.” (pg. 208)
What could count as good amplification and what could be bad? How can we nurture the former?
At the origin of all good non-fiction writing is someone who thought: I want to know more about that. I want to understand how it works. I want to know where it came from and who was responsible for it. I want to understand its implications. It is a child gazing at the stars.
The playful wildness that made them successful gets replaced by increasingly hollow repetition as they struggle to maintain the career they worked so hard to achieve.
—Henrik Karlsson, being creative requires risk
Why it’s a problem that AI-generated art assumes that data is the best/truest way to understand the world.
#704: Corporate cringe and ex-texts
Before we can move forward, we have to make space for what’s ending and sit in the uncertainty that follows. That uncomfortable, in-between space—the neutral zone, the abyss—isn’t a problem to solve. It’s where change and realignment happens.
Sitting in lostness can feel excruciating for ambitious types who are so used to doing. But when you’re lost... See more
Sitting in lostness can feel excruciating for ambitious types who are so used to doing. But when you’re lost... See more
Architectural literacy is knowing how to build when all the templates are null and void.
The traditional structure - holding companies, creative shops, the pitch-retainer-fee model - doesn’t work anymore. And no one’s handing out a blueprint for what comes next. Most people respond to that by trying to save the old model. Optimise it. Make it more... See more
The traditional structure - holding companies, creative shops, the pitch-retainer-fee model - doesn’t work anymore. And no one’s handing out a blueprint for what comes next. Most people respond to that by trying to save the old model. Optimise it. Make it more... See more
Zoe Scaman • The Stories We Need Now
Looking for love sounds more like chasing the high of an extreme sport, trust falling with someone you don’t really know like that. It demands exacting reciprocity, extreme vulnerability. It brings out people’s basest and most primal instincts and a frightening desire to merge into someone else. When the girlies on TikTok talk about dating, they... See more
P.S and love and dating
"Three qualities that have nothing to do with talent or intelligence, but can make a dramatic impact on your results:
- Cheerful. You are pleasant to work with and generally raise the level of energy in the room.
- Accountable. You feel personally responsible for what you want to accomplish. It is not someone else's job. It's your job.
- Adaptable. You