Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Its uncannily effective Internet search product had changed the way people accessed information, changed the way they thought about information.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
If Daniel feels subtly afraid of them, he will pay attention. The twenty-first-century founder is akin to the pirate of the sixteenth century—an outsider overflowing with energy and brazen charisma.
Tyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
There is a competition going on for authority online — not just authority in a particular subject matter, like politics or finance, but the authority to provide a comprehensive view of what matters on the internet, pointing out what to pay to attention to.
Kyle Chayka • 🟧 Aggregation theory
Blame human nature. As much as we intellectually appreciate openness, at the end of the day we favor the easiest path. We'll pay for convenience and reliability, which is why iTunes can sell songs for 99 cents despite the fact that they are out there, somewhere, in some form, for free. When you are young, you have more time than money, and LimeWire... See more
Michael Wolff • The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet
Once snippets, articles, and pages of books become ubiquitous, shuffleable, and transferable, users will earn prestige and perhaps income for curating an excellent collection.
Kevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
5. On the internet, action doesn’t build the future, it only feeds the digital archives of the past.