Brian Thomas Clark

Also what I mean by a good reader is not like a good student of literature but more like a good listener. They read/listen for why something is on the page. They come to each work without a checklist of how to do something well, or what makes something a success or a failure. Their taste is unique and continually expanding with the work they turn... See more

Second, by not letting algorithms decide what deserves your attention. If you want to feel creatively and intellectually alive, stop mindlessly consuming the internet and start mindfully curating it. You need a space away from social media's compulsive rhythm, where your ideas can grow at their own pace.

Will you let Google be the sales rep in your store, or will you build experiences so essential, so convergent and so creative that even the smartest browser can’t replace them?

house dysmorphia vs nostalgia:

social media might be causing a sort of “house dysmorphia”

and it’s finally more noticeable as we become more drawn to nostalgia

your home should be a sincere reflection of yourself, not a copy of someone else’s highly curated design

it has so much more value in your life when the space you spend most of your time is... See more

As anything scales too effectively - from fashion to restaurants to music - the market opens for more non-scalable alternatives. Once Starbucks opens on every block, many of us crave the artisanal coffee shop. Once our favorite Italian restaurant becomes a chain of three, we grow tired of it. Why? First, so much of what we buy and do is tied up in... See more

Some More Insight Into The Gen Z Coolness Crisis

There are four sort of low-level generational discourses circulating the web right now that I want to try and synthesize into a larger idea. There’s the weird backlash around the word “demure” going viral after a trans TikToker popularized it. There are millennials panicking that Gen Z thinks we all... See more

Our oldest and closest friends – those we might call meaningful – have seen us at close quarters. They know our flaws, our faults, our failures; all the things that might make us less than admirable. They don’t like us in spite of these, but because of them. In the end, friendship is an acknowledgement of our imperfect humanity; built not through... See more

Taste isn't some mysterious gift bestowed at birth—it's simply what happens when you pay close attention to what moves you.

In any case, it’s enough to make anyone feel crazy. Over the last decade we’ve watched — and while I’m talking about the tech industry, I think we can all say it’s been everywhere else too — the things we love get distanced from us so that somebody else can get unbelievably rich, the things we used to do easily made more difficult, confusing and/or... See more