Cat Tran

The more information becomes abundant, the more buyers rely on curators to interpret and elevate that information.

When coordination breaks down, the fantasy of self-sufficiency rushes in to fill the gap. GenAI, after all, is built as an individual technology, whether it is expressed as a one-on-one chat, the fantasy of the one-person startup, or the sycophantic assistant set up to glaze you. It says “just get it done, no skills needed.”

In an attention-scarce world, curation is a way to exert power through narrative control.

Why does curation have power? Quite simply - because it works through elevating something and excluding something else.

The British and Dutch colonialists understood this.

In colonial Ceylon, Dutch colonial administrators curated Tamil customary law into a... See more