weekly fixations | edition 06

identities, advice, nostalgia, artists, friendship.

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mallory contois
June 10, 2024

Five things to fixate on this week — alone, with friends, or with strangers.

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1. This tweet

What identities do you hold?

How do those identities shift in weight amongst themselves throughout your days and weeks?

How often do you think about your self in comparison to your identities?

2. Why is useful life advice so fragmented?

Why isn’t there a single place with the important how-tos of setting ourselves up for success? Why isn’t there a better way for us to share practical knowledge and tips as a society?

I came across this tweet and was struck by how useful this simple list seems for those having children.

Where do you find your how-tos for day to day life?

What are you afraid you don’t know simply because you haven’t come across it?

3. Patterns in our taste in music

This study shows that regardless of generation, people prefer the music of their childhood. The study is titled ‘The power of nostaglia’.

Full study here.

Are our favorite songs actually just our favorite memories?

4. The artist vs. AI

What does the future of consumer apps look like when anti-AI policies are a positive differentiator?

A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies | TechCrunch

Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown to 650k users in a week.

techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/a-social-app-for-creatives-cara-grew-from-40k-to-650k-users-in-a-week-because-artists-are-fed-up-with-metas-ai-policies

5. This reminder

See you next week!

❤️ Mallory