why curation...
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why curation...
You can use algorithms to surface new things. But algorithms are not nearly as good as human curators yet. Whatever pattern matching is going on inside the mind of Werner Herzog when he recommends books and films is yet superior to YouTube’s recommendation engine. Going from Herzog to Kapuściński and from Kapuściński to Mandelstam and Mandelstam to... See more
via Henrik Karlsson
In an age of all information all at once + decision abundance
The new luxury is deep context + slowness
The job for the brand then, is to be able to create environment. That attracts someone to explore the depth of references
Reggie Jamestwitter.com
Building relationships between things is a form of authorship too.
Mindy Seu • On Gathering
We need leaders in all aspects of our lives, and human curators should be the arbiters of taste. You may already be sick of trending templates, memes, specific types of click-baity content, soulless imagery, vapid videos, engagement farming, annoying trending songs.9 It’s not going to stop. In fact, it’s going to get much worse. The problem is that... See more
Jaime Derringer • The Internet needs curators.
