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Even though the spread of movable type created a massive downshift in average quality, that same invention made it possible to have novels, newspapers, and scientific journals.
Clay Shirky • Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
So why the renewed interest in social?
Erik Torenberg • Opportunities in Consumer Social
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“The curve seems to be imprinted on us as a way to repurpose us for a changing role in society as we age, a role that is less about ambition and competition, and more about connection and compassion.”
Jonathan Rauch • The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
When a profession has been created as a result of some scarcity, as with librarians or TV programmers, the professionals are often the last ones to see it when that scarcity goes away. It's easier to understand that you face competition than obsolescence.
Clay Shirky • Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Tony Fadell was hired to create the iPod in late January 2001. Steve Jobs greenlit the project in March 2001. They hired a contract manufacturer in April 2001, announced the product in October 2001, and shipped the first production iPod to customers in November 2001, around 290 days after getting started.
Patrick Collison • Fast · Patrick Collison
This is why curation is underrated – not because it is actually better than algorithmic suggestions, but because it is perceived as being better.