speed isn’t the opposite of craft

Nan offered a distinction: there are two kinds of speed. The first is how quickly someone gets good, the pace at which they build fluency through repetition and feedback. And then there’s the speed they earn once that fluency is established—the efficiency and ease that comes after mastery. Think of it as the difference between learning to cook, and... See more

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Taste at speed

Slow built your instincts, fast lets you use them

Carly Ayres

Jun 30

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There’s a familiar story about a pottery class. One group is told they’ll be graded on how many pots they make. The other, on a single perfect one. At the end of the term, the best work comes from the group that... See more

Marc proposed becoming a “speed propaganda account.,” encouraging people to do something cool with AI in 30 minutes, then do it 30 more times. Not to reject craft, but to remind us that speed can be a site of learning, too.