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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The real trouble, according to the leading techno-optimist Clay Shirky, wasn't information overload, but "filter failure". We needed – and we'd eventually get – more sophisticated ways to filter the wheat from the online chaff. And then we'd no longer feel overwhelmed.
Oliver Burkeman • Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket
The amount of data we now access has grown far faster than the general level of data literacy in companies. Most companies have too much data, it’s stored in too many places, it’s not ‘clean’ and it’s often more confusing than helpful when it comes to what matters – making decisions with it. We need to ensure companies create centralized yet custom
... See moreTom Goodwin • Digital Darwinism: Survival of the Fittest in the Age of Business Disruption (Kogan Page Inspire)
Curation as a Service (or CaaS) - I believe, as the amount of content on the web increases, there will inevitably be a need for more human curators. People who are domain experts (or have an obsession with a topic) that can sift through the garbage and collect the gems.
Jeremy Brown • The Case for Curation as a Service
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
amazon.com
Like a raging river, information courses along faster than ever before.The maelstrom will never cease. In fact, her gales will blow harder, her raindrops grow fatter with the bits and bytes that make up our digital deluge.We have too few hours to comb through too much information. Not to mention, it takes real, hard, honest work to separate the whe... See more