why curation is important

Web2 was built to scale up. Web3 is built to niche down. From @gaby_goldberg on “curators all the way down”👇 https://t.co/G43iSkbjEu

@patrick_oshag I think with so much data and algorithmic-everything, the value of hand curation will continue to increase. 1,000 movies the computer suggests are not as compelling as 1 movie from a person I trust. I think there must be an analytical corollary to this, but I'm not yet sure what

good taste and curation are even more important in a world where artificial intelligence and technology lower the barrier of entry for the creative arts.

What education does is provide a curated experience to help you learn. Done well, it sifts through the myriad resources, possible paths, and common errors and says: > read *this* (not that) book > practice *this* skill first > be wary of making *this* mistake

Curation can be many things: Curation is the creation of contextualized experiences. Curation is expression. Curation is storytelling. Curation is educational. Curation is perspective. Curation is subjective. As it should be.

Search is democratic in name only; curation unashamedly embodies its audience. Search is off-the-rack; curation is bespoke.

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

i miss tumblr where we'd just shut up and quietly curate an aesthetic. instead we're here crucifying strangers for being dumb

1/ Token curation markets use economic incentives to create crowd curated information feeds/lists on any topic. Feels like what will become an important crypto primitive:

Contrarian idea: after 30 years, I suspect Yahoo's category model might be a better fit for some areas of information on the web than Google's. In fact, several.