Curation
The power of selection in a world of excess
Michael Bhaskar
- 'A
- terrific
- and
- important
- book
- .
- .
- .
- it's
- a
- great,
- fresh
- take
- on
- how
- the
- 21st
- century
- is
- transforming
- the
- way
- we
- select
- everything
- from
- food
- to
- music'
- David
- Bodanis,
- author
- of
- E=MC2In
- the
- past
- two
- years
- humanity
- has
- produced
- more
- data
- than
- the
- rest
- of
- human
- history
- combined.
- We
- carry
- a
- library
- of
- data
- in
- our
- pockets,
- accessible
- at
- any
- second.
- We
- have
- more
- information
- and
- more
- goods
- at
- our
- disposal
- than
- we
- know
- what
- to
- do
- with.
- There
- is
- no
- longer
- any
- competitive
- advantage
- in
- creating
- more
- information.
- Today,
- value
- lies
- in
- curation:
- selecting,
- finding
- and
- cutting
- down
- to
- show
- what
- really
- matters.Curation
- reveals
- how
- a
- little-used
- word
- from
- the
- world
- of
- museums
- became
- a
- crucial
- and
- at
- times
- controversial
- strategy
- for
- the
- twenty-first
- century.
- Today's
- most
- successful
- companies
- -
- Apple,
- Netflix,
- Amazon
- -
- have
- used
- curation
- to
- power
- their
- growth,
- by
- offering
- customers
- more
- tailored
- and
- appropriate
- choices.Curation
- answers
- the
- question
- of
- how
- we
- can
- live
- and
- prosper
- in
- an
- age
- of
- information
- overload.
- In
- the
- context
- of
- excess,
- it
- is
- not
- only
- a
- sound
- business
- strategy,
- but
- a
- way
- to
- make
- sense
- of
- the world.
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