That loneliness reminds me of a creative process looking for a blackswan. Years, <building/creating/innovating> by yourself, trying to give value and deliver something that matters.
Trust starts to be key in those scenarios, and LLMs definitely don't have it from us rn.
Great article, I loved it! A few parts will stay with me.
The Idiosyncrasy dimension seems to be what I was missing the most. That relative and social aspect beyond discernment and pattern recognition.
This is the powerful quote, because taste wasn't a top concern until mass production appeared:
"Tech’s surging obsession with taste is therefore not really about aesthetics; it reflects a deep anxiety about whether economic capital can capture cultural capital at the exact moment cultural capital becomes crucial for technology’s distribution, relevance, and differentiation."
Trust starts to be key in those scenarios, and LLMs definitely don't have it from us rn.