Much of what makes humans distinctive, including their sense of beauty, comes from a drive for prestige.

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• A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. BJBrandon Jacoby21 Apr 2026taste
• A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. GSGeorge Saunders6 Aug 2026taste
• A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. RSRory Sutherland9 Dec 2025taste
• A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill. DFDylan Field16 Oct 2025taste
• A person's taste develops faster than their skills, creating a frustrating gap early on. ACAndrew Chen15 Jan 2024taste

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