Curation
The art of creating value by providing context and meaning to apparently disconnected information bits
Robin Good and
Curation
This bet—that domain-specific human expertise matters more than volume of human annotation—represents one theory of how to maintain quality in an increasingly synthetic information environment.
Substack • The Cognitive Collapse Thesis: How Polluted Information Loops Are Degrading Both Machine and Human Intelligence—And What It Means for Capital, Power, and Civilization
In 1997, Malcolm Gladwell published his piece The Coolhunt, investigating the process of looking for new fashion trends at street level.
According to Gladwell, the coolhunter plays a major social role in spreading trends. Coolhunters were “the first to realize... that social status didn’t lay where Madison Avenue had said it lay in the 1950s and... See more
According to Gladwell, the coolhunter plays a major social role in spreading trends. Coolhunters were “the first to realize... that social status didn’t lay where Madison Avenue had said it lay in the 1950s and... See more
Gaby Goldberg • Curators All the Way Down
In the age of infinite information, the competitive advantage isn't knowledge—it's wisdom. Not those who know the most, but those who can discern what matters. Not processing power, but purpose. Those who can extract meaning, connect dots across domains, and make wise decisions despite uncertainty are more likely to thrive.
Michael Simmons • Information Singularity: What Happens When Even AI Experts Can't Keep Up With AI
All curation grows until it requires search, and all search grows until it requires curation.
ben-evans.com • Lists Are the New Search — Benedict Evans
The age of directories is upon us.
Curate to create, there’s no other way
There’s no creation without inspiration.
Every creator throughout history has morphed his interpretation of the world through their chosen medium. Whether that’s painting, writing, music or photography is irrelevant.
First and foremost, creators are curators .
They take it all in and reinterpret it in their own... See more
There’s no creation without inspiration.
Every creator throughout history has morphed his interpretation of the world through their chosen medium. Whether that’s painting, writing, music or photography is irrelevant.
First and foremost, creators are curators .
They take it all in and reinterpret it in their own... See more
Jorge Medina • You’re Not Lacking Creativity, You’re Overwhelmed
AI can generate a thousand articles while I drink my morning coffee. But it can't tell me which ones matter. It can't feel the resonance of a perfect sentence or know why a particular image stops me in my tracks.
That's what I do now. I collect resonance. Not information - we're drowning in that - but the stuff that makes my soul hum at a different
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Curation is an act of illuminating [something that is not us].
Curation Monetized
Curation is the act of illuminating something
Sommeliers emerged as luxury goods in a world where the product (wine) was getting commoditized, and curation was the new differentiator. That’s exactly where jobs are headed.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
What the sommeliers figured out, before the rest of us eventually do, is that value is not in giving people more information. It’s in giving them confidence in a moment of uncertainty, making them feel like connoisseurs even if this is the first sip they’ve ever had.