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Taste
Paul Graham · 2021
"Good taste isn't subjective. It's the accumulated recognition of what actually works."
People say taste is subjective to avoid confrontation. But masters in every field agree, roughly, on what's good — because they've seen many examples and internalized what makes some endure. Taste is pattern recognition trained by exposure and honest attention.
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