inarticulable knowledge
from Ezra Klein, via How I Write - Ezra Klein: The Case Against Writing With AI | How I Write:
... See moreI don't think anybody can describe their own taste. I've thought about this a lot.
It is the nature of podcasting to ask people on some level who are at least by some definition of what they do, good at what they do, how they do it. And it is one of my
Tacit knowledge is knowledge that can’t properly be transmitted via verbal or written instruction, like the ability to create great art or assess a startup. This tacit knowledge is a form of intellectual dark matter, pervading society in a million ways, some of them trivial, some of them vital. Examples include woodworking, metalworking,... See more
Samo Burja • The YouTube Revolution in Knowledge Transfer
“Vibes are like the sun: we know that they exist, but we can't ever look at them directly. Concepts like community, mentorship, love, happiness, culture, education, progress, and paradigms are similarly resistant to hard definitions. Like the sun, we can feel their warmth, see them skittering around the periphery of our vision...but most of us know
... See moreTacit knowledge is knowledge that cannot be captured through words alone.
commoncog.com • Why Tacit Knowledge Is More Important Than Deliberate Practice
understanding taste as knowing how to talk about the things you know, not just knowing them. while culture is a product of experience, it only translates when you are able to convey what you feel about things with nuance.