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Beauty is agency: a thing is beautiful because it has agency, not because of how it looks.

Drawn from what Neri Oxman said

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taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.

What Neri Oxman actually said

  1. Neri Oxman Designer, architect and scientist
    To me, beauty is agency. To me, something that has agency, it is beautiful.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 1:12:59 plays here

    ↗Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #394youtube.com

    1 Sept 2023 · video · 2h 18m · spoken · official transcript

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