Cat Tran
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Cat Tran
bow, butterfly, frills
slouchy fit, simple geometric detail
When coordination breaks down, the fantasy of self-sufficiency rushes in to fill the gap. GenAI, after all, is built as an individual technology, whether it is expressed as a one-on-one chat, the fantasy of the one-person startup, or the sycophantic assistant set up to glaze you. It says “just get it done, no skills needed.”
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · Beyond the Machine
Tech industry's lack of originality in branding and the importance of drawing inspiration from diverse sources outside one's own industry
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It was like, wait, this is a consumer tech company. They're creating a browser. They have this like, you know, cursive logo mark. It just stood out immediately, right? And you could tell that it was inspired.
It wasn't like they were the first company. They weren't the first company in the world to name themselves like the blank company, but they
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anything that can be automated, will be
anything that can’t, becomes priceless
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.
The British and Dutch colonialists understood this.
In colonial Ceylon, Dutch colonial administrators curated Tamil customary law into a... See more
Why does curation have power? Quite simply - because it works through elevating something and excluding something else.
The British and Dutch colonialists understood this.
In colonial Ceylon, Dutch colonial administrators curated Tamil customary law into a... See more
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
nostalgic, playfil
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houston, philosophy, lo-fi, boxy
The more information becomes abundant, the more buyers rely on curators to interpret and elevate that information.