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Ruby Justice Thélot, A Few Essays on Taste
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_slow_crypto 🌅⏳🪁
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Keep coming across contemplation of taste atm. A worthwhile read? What else do the essays cover?
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Worthwhile. Essays: - 18th century origins of “taste” and parallels to current cultural moment - Friction as a counterforce to the commoditization of subcultures & identity - Camouflage - the rampant outsourcing of cultural analysis & critique - tumblr & the flattening of aughts indie scene for easy consumption
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Thank you. All fascinating. Friction deserves more critical attention because we all know that’s what makes true luxury what it is. Difficulty to manufacture and/or acquire. And the idea that the taste/cool is rare follows suit. I’d enjoy the exploration of where that crops up otherwise, and it seems a great lever to use to stand apart. ‘Do things that don’t scale’ etc.
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