who has more influence: devs or cultural leaders?

imo the relationship b/w the two is bidirectional, but devs have a stronger, more transformative impact on society

the best devs care to build something that meets consumer demand, which is not always mutually inclusive w/ "cool"

we tend to forget that last part

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idk the answer but my 2c is it’s easy to build in an echo void by just casting about the hot trend, a lot tougher to choose a long term goal(espc when it’s unsexy) and stick it out

*sometimes* those two groups overlap though!

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agree!! not mutually inclusive nor mutually exclusive

long term vision typically beats out short term trends, unless you’re a CPG brand sometimes — we’ve seen this with lashes, press on nails, etc 

but in that case do the devs (product devs) help accelerate culture then? idkkkk!!!!

i think they can if more people/devs adopt the mindset that devs are artists! 👨‍🎨 👨‍🎨