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In a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste.
Everyone’s software is good enough. Software used to be the weapon, now it’s just a tool. The barriers to entry are low, competition is fierce, and so much of the focus has shifted — from tech to distribution, and now, to something else too: taste.2
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Everyone’s software is good enough. Software used to be the weapon, now it’s just a tool. The barriers to entry are low, competition is fierce, and so much of the focus has shifted — from tech to distribution, and now, to something else too: taste.2
Taste is eatin... See more
Anu Atluru • Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
So an episode of The Vergecast looked at the past, present, and future of podcasting, and host David Pierce (who was recording from his car ala the style of many early podcasters) talked to James Cridland about what a podcast even is and what on earth we should do about YouTube. I really liked James’ definition (“on demand audio-first content, some... See more
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This influence always went far beyond our ability to impose our will. It’s strongest where no coercion is involved. Our culture has a pervasive reach beyond anything the British Empire or Soviet internationalism or the French mission civilisatrice achieved—this in spite of Americans’ unwillingness to live abroad. Gilbert and Sullivan did not catch
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Netflix pioneered the filtering of culture through recommendation engines.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
If I had to take a bet of what the majority of iPhone owners are doing right now, it would be very simple → they’re looking at their iPhone. Hardware that powerful, produces an image that is equally powerful and equally shared. The iPhone’s image is one of self-attention.
Each hardware paradigm releases a sort of canonical image that goes along wit... See more
Each hardware paradigm releases a sort of canonical image that goes along wit... See more