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Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under design design Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under mental models mental models Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under social media social media Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Contemporary consumer products no longer claim purity or naturalness; they present themselves openly as artificial mixtures. Contemporary consumer products no longerclaim purity or naturalness; they presentthemselves openly as artificial mixtures. Last stated a year ago 20 Aug 2025 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2025-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: People's desperate need to manipulate their own image, and their acceptance of being human-machine hybrids in the AI era, is reflected in current ugly, artificial-feeling consumer aesthetics. — tap to centre the map on it People's desperate need tomanipulate their own image, andtheir acceptance of beinghuman-machine hybrids in the AI era,is reflected in current ugly,artificial-feeling consumeraesthetics. Last stated a year ago 20 Aug 2025 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2025-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind is like an enchanted glass, distorting things unless it is corrected — tap to centre the map on it The human mind is like an enchantedglass, distorting things unless itis corrected FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1605 — tap for who they are Same subject: The online ecosystem has become so degraded that it has impaired people's ability to exercise taste. — tap to centre the map on it The online ecosystem has become sodegraded that it has impairedpeople's ability to exercise taste. Last stated 7 months ago 26 Mar 2026 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Almost every consumer product needs to be optimizing for daily active use. — tap to centre the map on it Almost every consumer product needsto be optimizing for daily activeuse. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life itself is essentially appropriation, conquest of the weak and, at the mildest, exploitation — tap to centre the map on it Life itself is essentiallyappropriation, conquest of the weakand, at the mildest, exploitation FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1886 — tap for who they are Same subject: New technologies should be used to explore more broadly and go deeper, not to do more things, and distilling and refining to the essence is how something great is made. — tap to centre the map on it New technologies should be used toexplore more broadly and go deeper,not to do more things, anddistilling and refining to theessence is how something great ismade. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Mar 2026 JP Josh Puckett — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tech's embrace of 'taste' is an attempt to dress anti-humanist technology in humanist branding. — tap to centre the map on it Tech's embrace of 'taste' is anattempt to dress anti-humanisttechnology in humanist branding. Last stated 7 months ago 26 Mar 2026 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: People desire authenticity and realness in online interactions. — tap to centre the map on it People desire authenticity andrealness in online interactions. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of financial struggle often serves as a catalyst for writers to produce great works. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of financial struggleoften serves as a catalyst forwriters to produce great works. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it A low-effort AI-designed landingpage costs a product its audiencebefore the product itself is everjudged. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Aug 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Contemporary consumer products no longer claim purity or naturalness; they present themselves openly as artificial mixtures. Last stated 20 Aug 2025 · a year ago Holds Kyle Chayka Read this korrent →