Robin Good

Taste is discernment expressed: informed judgment plus the courage to show it. It only exists once you make a choice. ‘Discernment’ as in having a judgment based on a strong set of references, understanding the differences between things, and being able to articulate why you like or dislike something. ‘Expressed’ as in you have to make choices;You... See more

Curation as a Service (or CaaS) - I believe, as the amount of content on the web increases, there will inevitably be a need for more human curators. People who are domain experts (or have an obsession with a topic) that can sift through the garbage and collect the gems.

Consumption is easy. It’s loud, fast, and often insecure. Taste is slower. It’s edited. It builds over time. It requires knowing yourself well enough to say no more often than yes. It asks what deserves permanence instead of what photographs well.

The more you sample, the better and broader your taste will be. The more you stick to what already speaks to you, the more limited and narrow your taste.

If effort is now diminished, if it can be hidden, and proof can or soon will be gamed too, if transparency itself can be performed — what’s left?

The only thing left that can’t be gamed is wanting something badly enough that it shows. Desire is the closest thing to proof of authenticity we have left.

Desire resists this because it’s too... See more

At its core, taste is self-trust.

Every time you choose something because it feels right (not because it’s trending) you strengthen that inner compass that says, I can rely on my own discernment.