The bankers of the knowledge economy
Curating and sharing stories should be understood as part of a knowledge economy. If stories are tribal currency, then curators are money handlers.
gdecugis‘s insight:
The world has changed and so did the economy. From an agricultural to an industrial world, we’ve now moved into the post-industrial era where knowledge is the true currency and a lot of us are knowledge workers.
In this great post, Elia Morling explains how he views content curators as playing a key role as a “money handlers, changers and lenders all wrapped into one.”
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The recent deal between Flipboard and the New York times clearly sets a precedent. Some hate it, some support it. I think that beyond its legitimacy we should think about what this means for the future of digital news publishing and put that in perspective by comparing it with what the music industry did.
A Great Piece by Beth Kanter on the benefits of Content Curation for NPO’s – but which take-aways apply to many organizations or independent professionals: when tightly-budgeted NPO’s embrace a practice as a group, you can bet they’re not wasting their scarce resources and are looking at efficient, human and smart ways to promote their causes.
Great recap on the correlation between SEO & Content Curation by Blogger & Entrepreneur Neil Patel.
Yes, curation wouldn’t exist without creation, admits Mark Armstrong, the founder of Longreads and also a team member of Pocket. But, he goes on, there are interesting questions – and perhaps more even more interesting answers – that highlights the value of Curation.
