taste
Anderson Cooper asks the most prolific music producer alive what, exactly, he does in the studio. Rubin can’t play an instrument. He has no formal training, doesn’t read music, and never touches the boards.
His answer: I know what I like and what I don’t like, and I’m decisive about what I like and what I don’t like.
That’s it. That’s the whole job... See more
His answer: I know what I like and what I don’t like, and I’m decisive about what I like and what I don’t like.
That’s it. That’s the whole job... See more
Tom White • Rick Rubin Is the Future of Work
Most people think curation is just about organizing and categorizing ; putting things in order so that they can easily be browsed.
But curation is really about deciding what to elevate and what to exclude .
But curation is really about deciding what to elevate and what to exclude .
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
Loving sharpens the self and taste
People often talk about crushes as aspirational mirrors. Often, they reflect the qualities we long to cultivate in ourselves - confidence, charisma, creativity, spiritual clarity. When we fall for someone, we’re drawn to the version of ourselves that wakes up in their light as much as we are drawn to them as... See more
People often talk about crushes as aspirational mirrors. Often, they reflect the qualities we long to cultivate in ourselves - confidence, charisma, creativity, spiritual clarity. When we fall for someone, we’re drawn to the version of ourselves that wakes up in their light as much as we are drawn to them as... See more
the intelligence of desire
The art is in knowing what not to show; and creating meaning by how things are connected or contrasted.
Good curation filters noise and focuses attention.
Curation is also a form of taste projection. It comes with meaning and sometimes, identity.
Good curation filters noise and focuses attention.
Curation is also a form of taste projection. It comes with meaning and sometimes, identity.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
In an attention-scarce world, curation is a way to exert power through narrative control.
Why does curation have power? Quite simply - because it works through elevating something and excluding something else.
Why does curation have power? Quite simply - because it works through elevating something and excluding something else.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
All this taste talk has set off a minor arms race to prove that you have it. Founders show off their “taste” with garish high-end swag and pretentious company names like “The X Company of Y.” Suddenly, SaaS startups are hiring “storytellers,” documentary filmmakers, print magazine editors. They are throwing soirées with Luma waitlists and... See more
Jasmine • are you high-agency or an NPC?
‘commodification’ of taste?
the Taste Guy is just the Idea Guy reinvented for the attention age. It’s trading meaning-making for trend-hopping and cosplaying success instead of earning it.
Jasmine • are you high-agency or an NPC?
‘commodification’ of taste?
Expert judgment only seems automatic because it channels the 10,000 hours of reps they’ve done before. In fact, AI may soon have better taste than you because it’s trained on that data. Humans, well, you better study up
Jasmine • are you high-agency or an NPC?
taste is cultivated