Ideas I want to write about
“The two things that really make for good records are deadlines and small budgets. The things that make for bad records are no deadlines and endless budgets. ‘Cause you can piss around forever with that, you know?”
— Brian Eno
Bodhi Landa • deadlines
The value of taste and curation goes up. Because infinite content makes filtering more valuable than creating. Knowing what to ignore beats knowing what to make.
AI Slop Arbitrage
If your music feels directionless, try this:
1) List 5 artists that deeply shaped you.
2) List 5 unexpected ones.
3) Steal their traits, not just their sounds.
4) Blend them on your terms.
5) Repeat until... See more
Sound + Creativitysubstack.comFor example, if you’re a painter, instead of trying to grow an audience as a painter, maybe grow an audience talking about art theory, or reviewing paintings you like. You can still sprinkle in your own work, but it removes the weight of your audience’s engagement from the worth of your creation. If a post flops, you chalk it up to the topic, not... See more
Zack Evans • How to Grow an Audience Without Selling Your Soul
The value of community-built products goes up. Because communities create moats that AI can’t replicate. Users who care enough to contribute don’t exist in a training set.
AI Slop Arbitrage
The Mathematics of Creativity | Why Genius Follows a Formula
youtube.comSums up many “rules” and principles of creativity a t a matheatical level
There’s thing thing called the Lindy Effect, the gist of it is that you can bet with pretty good odds that things that have been around for a certain amount of time will be around for at least that same amount of time into the future, because things stand the test of time for a reason.
Reflect
What you find interesting is a better predictor of success than what you're good at.
Reflect
the deeper game here is understanding that in democracies & markets alike, perception is reality for most participants. the hat doesn’t make trump more competent, but it makes his story stickier . & in a world where attention is the scarcest resource, stickiness beats subtlety every time.