And so, there’s likely a future inflection point where having more humans on your project is actually beneficial because it means you start off with a higher likelihood of it being shared. If the extreme becomes that we may be able look at anything for cheap, then the differentiator will become who had made it. In other words, the human media is... See more

Top-left: Human-made and Human-curated

This was most of the past. Nowadays, it’s things like local culture for local things. A local music festival. Online, it’s newsletters, and sites focused on reviews of people that you explicitly follow. It’s group chat rooms, sharing things they made with each other. It’s old-school blogs. This quadrant will... See more

We seem to rebuild a craving not just for connection, but also for serendipity we accidentally gave up by making our lives easier. It’s not necessarily about going offline, but recreating spaces that felt communal.

Meanwhile, my single friends tell me meeting people “on the apps” has only gotten worse, making the dream of a coup de foudre over cappuccino dreamier. The coffee shop is a slower space, where conversation trumps sex, and the dailiness of the need for caffeine offers the possibility of getting to know someone over time. All the little things that... See more

Regardless, what becomes important is the ability for *any* media to find the humans to enjoy it. And so, there’s likely a future inflection point where having more humans on your project is actually beneficial because it means you start off with a higher likelihood of it being shared. If the extreme becomes that we may be able look at anything for... See more

I’m glad that I’m not the only one who misses old school human curation. For me, it’s more about wanting a connection moreso than valuing the actual thing being shared. I think this trend is accelerating. With generative AI and the ever-present algorithm that has sucked itself into every facet of our life, a part of the response to it will result... See more