If nothing is curated, how do we find things

Summary

If nothing is curated, how do we find things? May 15, 2025 Bjork is currently promoting a new concert film being released called Cornucopia. She's been releasing new photoshoots and interviews almost every day for the past two weeks. For a musician who normally goes into hiding and only emerges when it's time to promote something, it's been a pretty exciting time to be a fan. However, all the information being put out, promoted on social media and reposted on places like Reddit, have all been a little confusing. I saw a post from someone on Reddit asking to "explain to me like I'm five" what exactly is being released and what is it. Someone did reply to them with information, but the comment thread turned into a short argument as another commenter disagreed that the film would have a documentary attached to it. "Where did you get that info from?" a commenter asked. "I think I saw it somewhere in another interview that I translated into English," they replied, "but I might have gotten that wrong." While reading this I thought, "It's times like these where an old-fashioned website would come in handy." Because, quite frankly, it would. As convenient as social media is, it scatters the information like bread being fed to ducks. You then have to hunt around for the info or hope the magical algorithm gods read your mind and guide the information to you. I always felt like social media creates an illusion of convenience. Think of how much time it takes to stay on top of things. To stay on top of music or film. Think of how much time it takes these days, how much hunting you have to do. Although technology has made information vast and reachable, it's also turned the entire internet into a sludge pile. And now, instead of relying on professional curators to sort through things for us, now we have to do the sorting. Think of the old days. When I was a kid, I lived in a podunk, suburban town in the middle of nowhere. It wasn't a major city or even a major state, but I was ab...