Jasmine
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
Jasmine
higher-notes.ghost.io
Social media is no longer meant for connecting with friends; it is designed almost entirely to facilitate the following of brands and the monetizing of personalities.
Kyle Chayka - The Desperation of the Instagram Photo Dump
I owe this insight to my colleague Colin Nimick, a brilliant copywriter at Ogilvy who said, “In New York, people speak fast. In the American South, they speak slowly. Both of them are a form of politeness, understood in a different way. In New York, you speak quickly because you respect the value of the other person’s time and you don’t want to tak... See more
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
In a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste. The barriers to entry are low, competition is fierce, and so much of the focus has shifted — from tech to distribution, and now, to something else too: taste.
Anu Atluru • Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
music is what language would love to be, if it could
John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
Nature abhors a vacuum. But political opportunists thrive in vacuums.
This election was about who told a better story about the fundamentals without promising anything to fix those fundamentals. That is the sweet spot for an opportunist like Trump and his party. Sell everything, promise nothing. Keep them coming back for more.
This election was about who told a better story about the fundamentals without promising anything to fix those fundamentals. That is the sweet spot for an opportunist like Trump and his party. Sell everything, promise nothing. Keep them coming back for more.