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Editing is a heightened level of sensitivity to the way your heart and mind is reacting.
-Adam Moss
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
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.
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.
Curation leads to expertise. Through curation, you better understand yourself, history, and unlikely connections across fields. Increasingly, we will curate sources and ideas and let AI handle execution or assembly. Honing an ability to curate and arrange these sources will cultivate depth and meaning in your work—tuning the machine to your... See more