taste

Scale is quite valuable, but the costs are usually hidden. Consolidation leads to monoculture, it reduces the stock of unique ferments. Culture, taste, and invention are often bottom-up phenomena. They require the opposite of scale. They require distance, and working alone.

We're in the era of modern software companies as lifestyle brands. We've passed the basic utility phase; now, it's about delivering an experience and forging an identity that resonates with the aspirations and values of your audience. UX has become a fashion statement, and standout products have style. We'll see: - Haute Couture software - Lux... See more

I would say having taste and leveraging AI is your ultimate defense against AI

taste > skills taste seems more scarce these days, and increasingly differentiating in the age of AI where so much of skills-based productivity is offloaded to compute. makes me think about the development of taste, and how we nurture taste for the next gen of humans.

The future of making art favors taste over skill, and will continue to do so indefinitely until it is effectively 100% taste.

The more high-end the clothing store, the fewer options on the rack. The masses want abundance. The wealthy want tasteful curation. This applies to more than fashion.

People asking what taste is, or is there a framework –– It's knowing what good looks like. Person who has taste in certain things, can find good things, create good things and point out how something needs to change to make it good. Jiro from Jiro Dreams of Sushi:

exert your taste on the world to live in a reality you’ve consciously created https://t.co/wKR6LMKBRo

this says all you need to know about apple vs meta

Everyone's job description after GPT-5