If nothing is curated, how do we find things
a year ago
- #information overload
- #cultural curation
- #social media
- Bjork is promoting her new concert film 'Cornucopia', with daily photoshoots and interviews.
- Social media scatters information, making it hard to track updates without relying on algorithms.
- The author reminisces about pre-social media curation via radio, TV shows, and magazines.
- Algorithms limit exposure to new content, keeping users in a 'bubble' of similar recommendations.
- Criticism and professional curation are declining, leaving individuals to sift through vast content.
- The author suggests manual note-taking as a partial solution to manage cultural consumption.
- The piece reflects on societal exhaustion from the overwhelming volume of content available.