> The most of this mythical "taste", at least as hinted by the article, can be acquired rather easily—by looking into what's already out there before jumping to creating.

Yes, you should do discovery, but that alone is not sufficient to develop taste. Being an also-ran is low taste even if you religiously meet the market expectations by following a pattern. Just like in fashion, you need to understand the rules to know when its okay to break the rules so that you appear fashion-forward, that is a form of taste no differently.

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selridge 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Almost like the rules for taste are made up on the fly…

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tristor 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Of course they are, taste is a social conversation to align for a window of time on a set of guidelines. Taste is a social construct, being a social construct (or "made up") does not make it any less real or valuable.

	▲	selridge 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It’s a social construct yeah, but constructed by what? IMO most of the unpleasant truth about taste is that it is really a stalking horse for money and distinction (cf the book of the same title).
	▲	CooCooCaCha 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Taste isn’t a social construct, it’s a function of how your brain is structured/wired. How it’s applied is a social construct.