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from Ezra Klein, via How I Write - Ezra Klein: The Case Against Writing With AI | How I Write:
... See moreI don't think anybody can describe their own taste. I've thought about this a lot.
It is the nature of podcasting to ask people on some level who are at least by some definition of what they do, good at what they do, how they do it. And it is one of my
Steve Jobs in 2005: "You know we've gotten a lot of people that say our shuffle'... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.comWhile it’s probably one of the corniest things I’ll ever write in this column, I’ve come to believe that developing taste is not so unlike going to therapy; it’s an inefficient, time-consuming process that mostly entails looking inward and identifying whatever already moves you. It’s the product of devouring ideas, images and pieces of culture not... See more
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
I don't care who the hell you are or where you are from or whether you have been published before. Do you have something interesting to say? That's all that matters.
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Steve Jobs, on Microsoft:
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste, and I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their product.
GenAI is just another source of “raw footage” (albeit a unique one) that is used to craft a story. But the “craft” part (the editing, the taste, the precision of timing and style) only becomes more important with the abundance of content and every brand flooding the zone. The “Hollywood vs. AI” narrative is a red herring. The world’s greatest... See more