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Attempting to define, quantify and strategize around the zeitgeist is a game of tag. That’s what we’re after. That’s the Sisyphean task. It’s utterly daunting and exhausting, but that challenge is also where the opportunity (and fun) lies.
Matt Klein • Making Sense of Culture Amidst Contradiction
so what do we do then if we can’t ever catch culture?
why does this make me a little scared? like i’m desperately hoarding everything that i’ve done within gmail for the last 13 years — as though I’m able to remember everything that was done and believe that there is value in keeping them.
It’s the same thing with my whatsapp message where I keep everything from 8 years ago for that one time i’d choose to scroll back and see my younger self making a fool of herself :”)
What is it with digital artefacts that make it so difficult to let go? Is it because of the fact that it’s there?
How Liquid Death founder, Mike Cessario, created a billion dollar water brand
open.spotify.compeople aren’t paying for the creative work that people actually wanna do!
sometimes it’s better to not know the rules, coming in like “you can’t do that you can’t do that”
Our strength should not be measured by our ability to push away our tech, but by our ability to hold and live with tech in peace
Unplugging Is Not The Solution You Want
"When everything is readily available and consumable, contemplative attention is impossible." (Byung-Chal Han, Vita Contemplativa)
youths have the tendency and time to indulge obsessions
You’re a person, you’re not something that can be moulded into this aesthetic box. It’s really important to know those who came before you and why you like what you like, instead of just being fed information very quickly and saying ‘This is my personality now’. Your personality shouldn’t be built upon trends. You are the person and you can add to ... See more
In Conversation: Club Chess co-founders A. L. Bahta and Corrine Ciani
One of the benefits of producing consistent creative work is that it comes with a narrative network effect: The more people who know and love the story of an object, the stronger the tie to that object becomes. For a brand like MSCHF, success might not always come from money—sometimes, it comes from products that reinforce how they want to articula... See more
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
Maybe the emotional payoff of a fixed narrative is too ingrained in audiences to be eliminated. It certainly hasn’t been easy for Hustwit to adapt “Eno”to the commercial conventions of streaming and DVDs.
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emotional versus commercial - the perennial butting of heads?