Curation Is King
things to help a percolating idea about the future in a world of infinite culture…
Curation Is King
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
Paul Schmitt • Zadie Smith - Feel Free.pdf
Modern aspiration is not about having money to buy things, but having taste to know what to buy.
You gotta love a tasty 2×2
It’s the same bargain as TikTok and YouTube, but what I’ve found really compelling about FAST TV isn’t the affordability or the solid array of content; it’s how liberating it feels to remove some of the choice from the situation.
Alex Cranz • The best part of FAST TV is the choice it takes away
The difference between schools and libraries
From John Taylor Gatto’s The Underground History of American Education (via Austin Kleon):
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.... See more
For some reason libraries are never age-segregated, nor do
robertogreco • robertogreco
Power Law Distribution in action…