metrics the internet created
Estee Lauder on learning to trust yourself:
“I began to value myself so much more, trust my instincts, trust my uniqueness. Trusting oneself does not always come naturally. If learned when young, the practice sticks. Today, there is no one who can intimidate me because of title or skill or fame. I do what's right for me.”
“I began to value myself so much more, trust my instincts, trust my uniqueness. Trusting oneself does not always come naturally. If learned when young, the practice sticks. Today, there is no one who can intimidate me because of title or skill or fame. I do what's right for me.”
Brain Food: Greats Don't Wait
the contrary of it — learning to lean into intuition
The difference today is that in Filterworld, the metrics-the number of likes, the preexisting attention-tend to speak louder than the piece of culture itself. Not only do they act as a measure of success, but they create success, because they dictate what is recommended to and seen by audiences in the first place.
— Filterworld, pg. 132