Comment by drob518

IMO, taste has always been one of the strongest moats because we struggle to define what good taste even is. We know it when we see it, but other than pointing to examples, we can’t really describe it in general terms. I still remember a line from Paul Graham’s Hackers and Painters where he was describing the difficulty of hiring software engineers. He says he was talking with a colleague after an interview and remarked (I’m paraphrasing), “I know he can write code. But does he have taste?” Taste is something we all want our colleagues and products and services to have, but defining it is really difficult. And yes, I fully agree with the writer that it’s important more than ever in this age of AI where generation is cheap.