Stephen Black

Curation is so deeply under-explored on the Internet in my opinion. It sits right in between consumption and creation and is the perfect bridge between the two, allowing us to actively engage with what we consume to then produce work from this saved knowledge.

Doctorow's "Eastern Standard Tribe".

And “Megalopolis” — in its most dazzling and audacious moment — breaks through the screen to bridge the gap between life and thought, art and reality. It’s a moment that may only exist at Cannes, in much the same way as Coppola’s dream of live-remixing “Twixt” during a nationwide roadshow failed to survive beyond his panel at Comic-Con, but the... See more

Before the Covid-19 pandemic there were a lot of non-Japanese people in Roppongi. My wife is British and worked at Roppongi Hills for about 10 years, but she and other non-Japanese people have completely different maps of Roppongi in their heads to the ones we do. In this place we all know as Roppongi they have their own cultural sphere; they have... See more

The theater of retail. Charli XCX’s pop-up concerts. Olympic Games. All catered to Gen Z’s tendency to view shopping as one of the top entertainment activities, above playing video games

They want greater privacy and safety when searching online: As users resist sharing their personal data with search engines like Google, there is growing use of privacy-focused browsers like DuckDuckGo and Brave that provide users with greater control over privacy settings. In 2020, DuckDuckGo increased its traffic by 62% in one year. Since then... See more