Amazing article as always, Patrick! As someone who definitely finds themself fitting the “high taste, questionably employed” descriptor (both as a cultural events organiser and as a freelance brand design consultant) I’ve strongly felt over time that the way cultural workers can benefit from the current landscape is to double down soft skills and capitalize on their way of thinking/perspective/taste. That is what sets us apart from machines who can only create from command and in the end is the essence of what (I think) will sustain cultural capital. Lovely to see Edmond and Jerry both feeling similar and paving a new way for creatives to benefit without shrinking themselves into constrained tasteless outdated systems that just serve financial capital.
But another thing that’s on my mind is will vcs and investors recognize that taste is valuable and worth paying for? Remains to be seen but omen signals a step in the right direction
Amazing article as always, Patrick! As someone who definitely finds themself fitting the “high taste, questionably employed” descriptor (both as a cultural events organiser and as a freelance brand design consultant) I’ve strongly felt over time that the way cultural workers can benefit from the current landscape is to double down soft skills and capitalize on their way of thinking/perspective/taste. That is what sets us apart from machines who can only create from command and in the end is the essence of what (I think) will sustain cultural capital. Lovely to see Edmond and Jerry both feeling similar and paving a new way for creatives to benefit without shrinking themselves into constrained tasteless outdated systems that just serve financial capital.
As always, thanks for reading Ivana!
Breaking up my replies so they don’t get deleted…
But another thing that’s on my mind is will vcs and investors recognize that taste is valuable and worth paying for? Remains to be seen but omen signals a step in the right direction
So this is my second time writing this reply bc I swiped left on the app and my first one got deleted…
Anyways! We’re in the struggle together 🤝🤝 holding out for the day that AI one shots the people not willing to do any thinking