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Should the human fashion editor tell you what to like or should it be the algorithmic machine, in the form of the Amazon bookstore, Spotify feed, or Netflix home page? That is the central dilemma of culture in Filterworld.

The former option is mercurial and driven by elite gatekeepers, a powerful group built up over a century of modern cultural ind

The Browser is a daily newsletter from someone who reads 1,000 articles a day, choosing his five favorites and sending them out with a short summary. Oftentimes, these linked articles don’t have a paywall of their own at all — but subscribers of The Browser pay to have them sent in a curated list.

gabygoldberg.medium.com • Curators Are the New Creators. The Business Model of Good Taste | by Gaby Goldberg | Medium

John McEnroe also came under fire for saying Serena Williams would rank at about 700 against men. He later said he regretted the statement but that he did not consider it earth-shattering to say that there are physical differences between men and women.

Helen Pluckrose • Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody

Maggie Smith and the belated lure of the much older woman

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Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Popova describes herself as an “interestingness hunter-gatherer” and she writes Brain Pickings, one of the most popular

Rohit Bhargava • Non-Obvious 2017: How To Think Different, Curate Ideas and Predict The Future

Luxury Media

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In its variety, the Substack corpus resembles the blogosphere. It is produced by a mix of career journalists, bloggers, specialists, novelists, hobbyists, dabblers, and white-collar professionals looking to plump up their personal brands. The company has tried to recruit high-profile writers, offering (to a select few) health-care stipends, design ... See more

Anna Wiene • Is Substack the Media Future We Want?

Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024)

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The Taste Economy

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