why curation...
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why curation...
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
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