What Pieter Levels thinks about taste
Dutch bootstrapper who builds and runs his internet startups alone — Nomads.com, Remote OK, Hoodmaps, Photo AI and Interior AI — and has written about it at levels.io since 2013. Posts as @levelsio.
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4 dated positions, 2024 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Pieter Levels has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI'm noticing Westerners are continously having lower standards every year and seem to not even notice the declining quality standards of everything around them
- 9 days earlier
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Their wordsYou all said add some honey, so I added half a teaspoon honey Kinda salt sweet, and hard to mix honey it doesn't rly dissolve well but felt good during workout
- 2 weeks earlier
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Their wordsespecially with AI now I'd say anyone can try, and non-technical people with the best ideas, creativity/taste and understanding of whatever cultural zeitgeist we're in can win
- 2 years earlier
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Our readingYou should never choose your own photos, because nobody knows what they actually look like.
Their wordsSo, you need to ask other people to choose your photos. You shouldn’t choose them yourself, because you don’t know how you look.
↗Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440youtube.com 9th of 30 in this recording
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