Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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peculation is the Strategy: The problem is, there is no longer a reliable route to acquiring money. Landing an entry-level role after graduating college is certainly not guaranteed. The majority of working people are not able to snag a job at an AI startup. This is where financial nihilism sets in, and leads to what kyla scanlon has called a casino... See more
looking towards 2026 and gambling culture
When agency becomes the new hot thing
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
Henrik Karlsson • Things that connect us to ourselves, and things that don't
Social psychologists sometimes categorize our non-verbal communication into 3 basic types:
body movements: facial expression, gestures, posture, eye movements
paralanguage: quality and pitch of your voice, the number and duration of pauses, and nonverbal sounds e.g. filler words, and clearing one’s throat
proxemics: the use of personal space
— Sublim
... See moreIf you watch him actually talk about music, even when he was young, it seems like he's more of a Tyler the Creator type of oddball who wanted to splice electric guitar into a hip hop beat and make memes, and they forced him to be a pop product instead. I'm having a hard time holding it against him when he finally switches up and seems to be making... See more
sfgate • Justin Bieber’s Coachella set was really weird
no, it isn’t entirely sensible to take thousands of pictures of your life (or to undertake many of the projects that captivate us); and, no, you’re not likely to wring transcendence out of the mundane on a regular basis. You can, however, learn something about yourself and your world by doing or attempting to do these things. Even amateur hour... See more
how do we make better use of our archives?
from The New Yorker, Joshua Rothman’s “What can you learn from photographing your life?”
Here are the six new rules of engagement—for politicians, broadcasters, and all aspiring experts, decision-makers, and leaders.
- You gain more trust when seated, not standing.
- Don’t speak at people—speak with them.
- An informal tone is more persuasive now. Even leaders must adjust to this.
- Conversations have more influence than speeches.
- Spontaneous
Ted Gioia • The 6 New Rules of Communicating
the more we have the confidence and ability to make things from what we already have, the less we feed the capitalist system that doesn’t care about us or the people making our stuff or the planet that our rampant consumerism is actively making uninhabitable.