Everything Looks The Same
exploring the endless forces luring towards conformity and sameness
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Everything Looks The Same
And I hear all sorts of interesting worries and anxieties from people. Lots of people say something like, “Oh, I would like to be more playful and passionate, but that’s not what the world cares about. The world only cares about what is popular, what is controversial, what makes money.” To which I say – so what? You don’t have to care about what “t... See more
Why Do So Many Brands Change Their Logos and Look Like Everyone Else?
Radek Sienkiewiczvelvetshark.com
Gotta say, it feels like we missed an opportunity to reinvent social. Can you tell them apart?
One philosophical objection I have to Silicon Valley is that people are very derivative. They tend to rely too much on what other people do. When everyone relies on what everyone else does, you end up getting a deeply mimetic-culture where no one thinks for themselves.
Develop an eye to know when to break away from consistency
Imagine working at Meta and making $1m/year in total comp as a product manager and your entire job is to just copy and paste things from other apps.
That’s the dream