Escaping the Algorithm (developing taste)
You cannot do political philosophy on television. Its form works against the content.
Neil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death
Or adds to it, depending on frame
Re: TikTok
Why I don't like algorithmic/filter bubbles/for you feeds:
I refuse to be one thing. I’m two things, three things, a hundred things at once, and I’ll be a hundred different things tomorrow. I don’t want the convenience of being collapsed, defined, optimized for legibility. I want to be aerated, blobby, and porous. I... See more
Though taste may appear effortless, you can’t have taste by mistake. It requires intention, focus, and care. Taste is a commitment to a state of attention.
Notes on “Taste” | Are.na Editorial
Here’s are some of the ways I actively improve my taste:
• I write in public.
• I write every day.
• I choose what to read based on what’s well-written as well as what’s informative. I deconstruct what I like and emulate my favorite writers.
• I travel to cities where the locals have excelled in some domain, and try to understand why it’s a nexus for
David Perell • Annual Review 2022
A friend once told me that depression isn’t feeling negative things; it’s feeling nothing at all. If that’s true, we shouldn’t be surprised that minimalism is the aesthetic of our age of depression.
perell.com • After Minimalism — David Perell
One thing that can be said is that the “hoarder” of niche references sits in an unusually favoured position in today’s creative society – perhaps for good reason. As reference gathering becomes easier, true nerdism – the fervour for cataloguing stamps or colour-graded toilet seats, feels rarer. But equally, and in graphic design particularly, our... See more
Liz Gorny • POV: How valuable is the obscure creative reference?
Taste is about discovery, having interest in things, and making a lot of mistakes. It’s about trying to find the authentic set of choices that both reflect your own background, but also the choices and discoveries that you have made consciously and deliberately. It's always changing and it's also always in reflection of what everyone else is doing... See more
Tahirah Hairston • RLT Interview #4: W. David Marx, Writer
“The process of making art is the process of becoming a person with agency, with independent thought, a producer of meaning rather than a consumer of meanings that may be at odds with your soul, your destiny, your humanity, so there’s another kind of success in becoming conscious that matters and that is up to you and nobody else and within your
... See more"Being thoughtful about how we exist online doesn’t just seem like an aspirational ambition; instead, consciously considering how we consume and publish digital information feels essential to cultivating a grounded sense of self."
"Using the internet from a position of mindful curiosity and determination—instead of from a position of passive
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