Robin Good

So when we wonder where all the websites have gone, know it’s the curators we’re nostalgic for because the curators showed us the best the web had to offer once upon a time. And the curators— the tenders, aggregators, collectors, and connectors— can bring us back to something better. Because it’s still out there, we just have to find it.

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History shows that successful adaptation requires taking active control of information filters rather than passively accepting them. Just as Renaissance scholars developed personal commonplace books to organize knowledge, and early internet users created bookmarking systems before Google dominated search, we need personalized AI curation systems... See more

‘Scene Cool’ values high quality over high sales, fellow tastemakers over mass-market followers, and specific geographical context over post-geographic audiences. While ‘Internet Cool’ chases clout and virality across global digital networks.

The ‘Scene Cool’ practices a studied absence from digital performance. Their power derives from what they... See more

Cross-domain patterns for thought leader distribution:

1. Epidemiology: Ideas spread through super-spreaders—focus on 50 key relationships, not 50,000 followers

2. Mycorrhizal networks: Trees share nutrients underground; build invisible "root systems" through back-channels (group chats, private Slacks)

3. Luxury branding: Scarcity creates demand—limit... See more

We have lost our ability to navigate by the stars, to identify edible plants in the wild, or to craft tools from raw materials. Yet among all these diminished aptitudes, one stands out as uniquely disastrous in its disappearance: our capacity for deep, sustained attention. This cognitive faculty, once the cornerstone of human achievement and... See more

the only definition of authenticity that doesn’t fall apart under close inspection: not a state of being, but a relational action, an interest in doing the hard work not just to find but to truly search , for each other, around each other, within each other.

Where we can compete with AI is with our hearts—and by hearts, I mean the sense of feeling and the synergy that comes when we are together. I call it emotional articulation—it’s a practice.

If you’re racing to the response, your mind is thinking, and you might be missing the magic—you might be missing the opportunities. The only way to avoid that is

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Without effort, struggle, and time investment, achievements become meaningless.

The value isn't just in the outcome—it's in who you become through the process of pursuing it.