Cultural Singularity & The Need for Friction: The Business Case for Thinking the Inverse
Matt Kleinzine.kleinkleinklein.com
Cultural Singularity & The Need for Friction: The Business Case for Thinking the Inverse
In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest.
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is... See more
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is... See more
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
The process of optimizing creative output (music, art, fashion, media, etc) for ease of consumption is a seemingly virtuous agenda to democratize culture to a wider audience. But by becoming treated like a tech product, cultural industries have replaced the idea of progress with optimization. In relying primarily on quantifiable, short-term metrics... See more
Think Tank – Office of Applied Strategy
Over the first of half of the year, a group of 8 strategists, researchers, designers worked on a 50 page cultural dossier exploring why, despite the sheer abundance of cultural content and output to consumers, culture feels less creative and more flat than ever.
Described by a New Yorker writer as a “nonsensical, navel... See more
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