Curation Is King

Introduced by the author Kyle Chayka, the term ‘Filterworld’ encapsulates the phenomenon of uniformity shaped by the invisible hand of digital algorithms. In this digital age, algorithms are the unseen curators, dictating the content you consume and influencing your tastes, relationships, and the fabric of your daily life through interfacing platfo... See more

Mia Quagliarello:

I started to use this service called Chatbooks and forcing myself that you can make a monthly photo book from your phone images, a physical book. So it forces me every month to pick 30 items. And some of them are screenshots too. I'm just trying not to be too precious about it. But I feel like if I have a physical book that For now... See more

The difference between schools and libraries

From John Taylor Gatto’s The Underground History of American Education (via Austin Kleon):

To begin with, libraries are usually comfortable, clean, and quiet. They are orderly places where you can actually read instead of just pretending to read.

For some reason libraries are never age-segregated, nor do t

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