Jenna Guarascio

In Curators are the new Creators, Gaby argues that this will create opportunities for curators — increasingly, we will pay people with good taste to help us sort through the ever-growing mass of information.

The business of good taste has been well documented. There are plenty of businesses that address the question “what should I read?”; The... See more

In talking about these medieval manuscripts, Adam Gopnik writes in The New Yorker:

Our minds were altered less by books than by index slips.

Which is interesting, recognizing not only the absolute vale of content but also its relational value, the value not just of information itself but also of information architecture, not just of content but also... See more

I want us to collectively raise the bar for what we expect from our digital experiences. Life isn't just a series of problems to be solved but moments to be lived. As we find ourselves spending more and more of our time in the digital world—especially now—we should expect that world to inspire, surprise, and dare I say, even challenge us. We are... See more

Brands will offer “social proof” discounts. The more of your friends who own a product, the cheaper it gets for you. It’s network effects, but for your wallet.

Augmented reality will eliminate (kinda) buyer’s remorse. You’ll know exactly how that couch looks in your living room before you buy it.

We've gotten so used to the default of thinking infinite scale is a good thing, we've come to think of privacy as a bad thing. But wanting privacy isn't a retreat. Craving more space for your ideas doesn’t mean you're doing something dangerous. Privacy is about having agency over your own thoughts and words, and how far they spread. Privacy is... See more

You may have heard this anecdote. Picasso is sitting in the park, sketching. A woman walks by, recognizes him, runs up to him and pleads with him to draw her portrait. He’s in a good mood, so he agrees and starts sketching. A few minutes later, he hands her the portrait. The lady is ecstatic, she gushes about how wonderfully it captures the very... See more

You’ll want to say, “I don’t like jargon.” That’s nothing.

You need to say: “I never use ‘leverage’ as a verb, I never say ‘circle back,’ I never start sentences with ‘So,’ and I’d rather say something three times in plain English than once with a buzzword.”

The specificity is uncomfortable because it requires you to actually know yourself.

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We're trapped in the “infinite AI TikTok slop machine” - an information environment that makes long-term strategic thinking nearly impossible while rewarding the kind of attention-seeking behavior that undermines our competitive position. We need more infrastructure around real ideas.