Curation used to be the job of gatekeepers. Editors, publishers, gallery curators, academic boards. They weren’t perfect, but they filtered. Now the gates are gone. Or at least, they’ve moved. Everyone is a publisher. Everyone is a creator. Everyone has a platform.
TikTok teaches you to crave dopamine. Instagram teaches you to compare. 𝕏 teaches you to perform. Substack—if you let it—can teach you to think.
Interesting observation. I wonder,
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how true this is for stackers.
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what does stack news teach you?