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Pretentiousness, taste, and why people were so mad about Wuthering Heights
In the algorithmic era, it is hard to have individual taste. It is hard to even remember what that is. Taste has always been difficult to define; it is inherently subjective and more of an impression than a fact. You can sense when someone has it, whether it is good
Who’s afraid of algorithmic capture?
People often break out online because they do something unexpected. Over time, they tend to become seemingly interchangeable with similar creators or unrecognisable from what originally made them famous. Is it the influence of newfound wealth and status or something about the act of posting online? Audience capture is the
On keeping a notebook (for 20+ years) and reading other people's
I have kept journals for most of my life. Starting with one of these bad boys (still the safest way to keep a secret, once locked you’re never getting back into it) and evolving through a series of notebooks before landing on my current preference: a red Moleskin softcover.
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