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The rise of community-curated knowledge networks
No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
Michelle Rose Josephmichellerosejoseph.substack.com
Technology is getting more advanced than ever, but people’s lives, paradoxically, don’t get any freer. Therefore, I believe the important role of human Curators is here to stay. If companies can integrate the Curator’s effect inside their app (like the example of Medium or Notion above), it’s likely they will enlarge their user base faster.
Tuan (Alan) Nguyen • How The Curator Economy Shapes Today’s Products
Building a knowledge library for creative work
The Importance of an Idea Library
“The world’s biggest lie: I’ll remember that idea later”
Our brains excel at creating with ideas, not storing them
Having the right idea at the right time acts as a powerful lever for creative work
An idea library serves as insurance for your mind
Sublime grew from 50,000 ca
Curators are API’s that exist between people and all the knowledge of the world.
An API is an “application programming interface” that allows two apps to communicate, sending data between someone requesting something and a database full of data.
A curator exists in the space between people who want to know more about a topic and the massive amounts
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