Taste, Craft, or Something More?

Short summary

As AI makes production abundant, the bottleneck shifts from creation to judgment. Taste — the ability to discern what's worth pursuing — emerges from thousands of accumulated small decisions over time, becoming a powerful filter. It manifests in two forms: personal taste (what feels aligned with 'me') and tastefulness (craft excellence), both increasingly valuable in a world of infinite options.

• •Production is now cheap via AI; judgment and discernment become the scarce resource.
• •Taste is not innate 'aura' but accumulated from thousands of small decisions over time.
• •Two types of taste: personal (self-alignment) and tastefulness (craft excellence); both filter infinite options.

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.