I think about this a lot—Ira Glass on the virtue of taste in creative work. (But cf. Dunning–Kruger: how can we know if we have good taste?)
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Iron Law of Taste-Bureaucrats: those who want to preserve a particular church of taste tend to be the enemy of those on a creative mission
Taste is a useful evolutionary response to endless cultural output, given that we don't have time to read/watch/listen to everything
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Agreed it's great on the consumption side. Kevin was asking about the production side. I try to consume tastefully, produce tastelessly.
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