why curation...
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why curation...
Our situation resembles that of 18th century England. At the eve of a new Industrial Revolution, inundated by foreign products, lacking the central authority of an Elite to dictate and inspire mimesis, we are left wandering in endless store aisles and webpages, wondering how to properly consume.
the people who curate the Internet who have a point of view will actually become the centers of attention, and you cannot replace that with AI. You cannot replace that curator function or that guiding function that we've always looked to other individuals to do.
-Nilay Patel on Ezra Klein
While social platforms are proving effective at pressure testing and gauging the customer response for new ideas, sometimes the general public isn’t the best curator for what’s next. It’s not just about the critical mass (how many people like something), it’s also about the credible mass ( who likes something). As algorithms mature, I suspect... See more