We live in a culture of magpies
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We live in a culture of magpies
The response from @maalvika (not published on her own page, but the replies of someone else’s note) is really something to behold. She loves @Katie Jgln’s writing and so saved the post in her notes intending to write about it, but just somehow instead copied and pasted the whole piece and slapped her name on it??? Then made a TikTok claiming it as ... See more
Clementine Fordsubstack.comI suspect the rise of inspiration-sharing platforms might be making me, and everyone else on the collaborative internet, more focused on publicising our taste rather than feeding it. It’s easier to go viral on Twitter (err, X) by posting “vintage design inspiration” than it is by posting your own work. New sites like PI.FYI, a social network from t... See more
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
We need leaders in all aspects of our lives, and human curators should be the arbiters of taste. You may already be sick of trending templates, memes, specific types of click-baity content, soulless imagery, vapid videos, engagement farming, annoying trending songs.9 It’s not going to stop. In fact, it’s going to get much worse. The problem is that... See more