Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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We lose the feeling that comes with a little mystery and a healthy amount of risk. When we don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, you know what happens? We get to be surprised. Our anticipation builds in the not knowing – better get there early to figure out getting in, ask others if it’s their first time, scan a pamphlet for clues or read... See more
Elise Granata • What We Lose When Optimizing Community
you don’t always have to know
Quite a lot of people enjoy their commute time. And there’s good behavioral evidence for this because economists have noticed that people live a bit further from work than they optimally should in order to create a chronological buffer between where they work and where they live. We like that decompression time.
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
double doorways? transitions and ramps to help ease off whatever previous feelings
Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.
Some people like to know exactly what they’re getting themselves into when trying something new. And some people would rather not know, for fear of crippling anticipatory dread. Don’t assume! While your inclination might be to detail exactly what is to come in order to make people more comfortable, consider how you might create tiers of information... See more
with the Internet, we now know the price of everything but the value of nothing
— Ruby Thelot
THIS is the kind of information I want from the internet. The sharing of unpolished “here’s what worked for me” anecdotes and napkin sketches.
STRAT_SCRAPS volume one hundred and fifty three
failings of the modern internet
everything is too embellished, too in the output phase? what we want is more process, more reflection, more in-the-midst-of-discovery and ruminating
Curiosity is a better compass than cynicism—it shifts from defending your territory to exploring what's possible (this reframe — from Holly Herndon, was a big unlock for me).
Imagine starting every project with the clay of humanity's accumulated knowledge at your fingertips, waiting for you to mold it to your liking?
AI is powerful but taste-blind.... See more
Imagine starting every project with the clay of humanity's accumulated knowledge at your fingertips, waiting for you to mold it to your liking?
AI is powerful but taste-blind.... See more
What matters in the age of AI is taste
now 2025
It's not enough just to do something extraordinary initially. You have to make an extraordinary effort initially. Any strategy that omits the effort — whether it's expecting a big launch to get you users, or a big partner — is ipso facto suspect.