Curation
The art of creating value by providing context and meaning to apparently disconnected information bits
Robin Good and
Curation
The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — even in that we skip forward — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but not do the work of... See more
Maria Popova • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
the critical skill of the future isn’t generating new ideas but curating those developed by generative AI. The role of idea curators will be crucial in discerning the most promising concepts, refining them to enhance their viability, and then promoting them to gain widespread acceptance.
In the Age of AI, Idea Curation Will Eclipse Creation
Electronic Portfolios
simongrant.org"Agriculture made towns and cities possible, made it possible to meet and associate with far more people than was possible in hunter-gatherer tribes.
Eventually, poets could meet poets, artists could meet artists, and musicians, musicians. The potential of a group of competent musicians is so much greater than the sum of them all in ones and twos.
But large cities have been with us for thousands of years now, and somehow the advances brought on by civilisation seem to have run dry, and urban decay has begun to manifest.
Provided that people can still communicate and work together, the next step forward in human cultural terms might well be independent from physical proximity – it might be through association by choice.
Perhaps now is a good time for the better application of those information technologies that have been developed in recent decades, in supporting storage and reuse: not of food, as in neolithic times, nor even of money, where information technology applied to finance has enabled both wonderful and dreadful things.
It is now the turn of personal information to be the focus of the new technology – information technology – so that we can present ourselves and the values we have chosen to others, and let that information be used for the further positive transformation of society."
Unlike influencers, curators do not lead with self-exposure, but with interpretation. A curator’s authority comes not from personal relatability, but from perspective, context, discernment, and intellectual labour that has since been lacking in recent social media years.
the influencer won't last 2026. here's why.
Curiosity creates the inquiry.
Knowledge populates the options.
Curation filters the right ones through.
Judgment makes the final call.
When knowledge becomes abundant, value migrates to the functions that exist upstream and downstream from it: framing the inquiry and acting on the output.
In this new architecture, curiosity, curation, and judgment... See more
Knowledge populates the options.
Curation filters the right ones through.
Judgment makes the final call.
When knowledge becomes abundant, value migrates to the functions that exist upstream and downstream from it: framing the inquiry and acting on the output.
In this new architecture, curiosity, curation, and judgment... See more
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
By consistently delivering curated content, you position yourself as a go-to resource.
1. Human-curated Content - Viewers are embracing human-curated content recommendations to mitigate the shortcomings of algorithm-based suggestions.
2. AI-human Collaboration - The blending of human insight with algorithmic efficiency is emerging as a trend in enhancing user content experiences.
3. Personalized Content Discovery - Offering unique and... See more
2. AI-human Collaboration - The blending of human insight with algorithmic efficiency is emerging as a trend in enhancing user content experiences.
3. Personalized Content Discovery - Offering unique and... See more
Human-Curated Content Recommendations
Who are they?
They seek out the hidden gems, the overlooked treasures, and the paths less traveled, saving you from the endless noise of mainstream repetition.
They are the ones who:
They seek out the hidden gems, the overlooked treasures, and the paths less traveled, saving you from the endless noise of mainstream repetition.
They are the ones who:
- dare to question , to explore.
- are moved by a sincere desire to bring back discovery and new meaning.
- ignite the spark of curiosity that modern convenience and
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Curating should be a way of expanding the horizon for all of us.