Robin Good
@robingood
The *curation guy* - indie author, speaker, advisor - focus on empowering subject-matter experts, artists, creators.
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In a world of perpetual data overload, [curation] implies information design and selectivity: the channeling, filtering, and organization into intelligible and usable information; the digging up of new or long ignored cultural corpora. Most of these corpora are simply sitting in storage: less than 1% of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent... See more
Todd Presner • The Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0
I don’t want to go live in a cabin and swear off AI.
I want a world where “slow AI” doesn’t sound like such an oxymoron.
Where we collectively stop falling for the empty promise of doing more, faster.
And focus on doing less, better.
The goal can’t be making more stuff.
It has to be making something wonderful.
Source: Sari Azout
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The web is no longer primarily human-generated text created for human readers; it is increasingly AI-generated text created for algorithmic amplification, mixed with human-generated text optimized for the same algorithmic reward functions.
As AI systems train on this degraded corpus, they learn to reproduce its characteristics—shallow reasoning,... See more
As AI systems train on this degraded corpus, they learn to reproduce its characteristics—shallow reasoning,... See more
Substack • The Cognitive Collapse Thesis: How Polluted Information Loops Are Degrading Both Machine and Human Intelligence—And What It Means for Capital, Power, and Civilization
Taste manifests as a combination of history, design, user experience, and embedded values that creates emotional resonance — that defines how a product connects with people as individuals and aligns with their identity. None of the tactical things alone are taste; they’re mere artifacts or effects of expressing one’s taste. At a minimum, taste... See more
Anu Atluru • Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
Trust isn't a commodity you can acquire or ask AI to generate for you.
Trust is a consequence of consistent actions, authentic interactions, and genuine value delivery.
Trust cannot be gained by leveraging pushy marketing tactics, frameworks, hooks, and funnels.
Trust can only be obtained by showing that your first interest is not your gain, but
“The life of perfection is the simple life. - A simple life is one of plainness, in which profit is discarded, cleverness abandoned, selfishness eliminated, and desires reduced. It is the life of perfection which seems to be incomplete, and of fullness which seems to be empty. It is the life which is as bright as light, but does not dazzle. In
... See moreBut taste requires subtraction. It means not participating in every viral moment. It means not resharing something just because it’s getting attention. It means opting out of the churn.
That doesn’t mean being contrarian for the sake of it. It means noticing when the culture’s default setting no longer reflects what’s true for you—and walking away.
That doesn’t mean being contrarian for the sake of it. It means noticing when the culture’s default setting no longer reflects what’s true for you—and walking away.
stepfanie tyler • Taste Is the New Intelligence
For brands, archives serve a parallel function: heritage as intellectual capital. Referencing your own past demonstrates institutional depth, creative continuity, and legitimacy that new brands cannot manufacture. In a world of conglomerate acquisitions and proliferating labels, archives prove you were there first. And that you still matter today.
Why Fashion Is Obsessed With Archives
Unlike influencers, curators do not lead with self-exposure, but with interpretation. A curator’s authority comes not from personal relatability, but from perspective, context, discernment, and intellectual labour that has since been lacking in recent social media years.