AGILE Magick
The secret is not to chase butterflies, but to take care of the garden so they'll come to you
The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — even in that we skip forward — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but not do the work of... See more
Maria Popova • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
The conversation around taste tends to focus on what it takes to develop it, but not what it takes to use it and unlock its potential, which is confidence .
Having and developing taste is one thing, but remaining connected to our taste is another. In order to take advantage of our taste, we have to be able to access its insights and guidance, which ... See more
Having and developing taste is one thing, but remaining connected to our taste is another. In order to take advantage of our taste, we have to be able to access its insights and guidance, which ... See more
Taste as a Function of Confidence
Decisive about taste = Rick Rubin
This is what makes you impervious to LLM slop, or any other future tech-bro takeovers
Our job isn’t to get everyone to believe us. It’s to give the right people something to believe in.
Bernadette Jiwa • Story Driven: You don't need to compete when you know who you are
