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Level 1 - Why do we need curators?

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Until two or three years ago "curator" and "curation" were words reserved for someone who worked in the dusty backroom of a museum. Today it's one of the hottest topics on the web, especially if you mix in marketing or learning circles.

What changed? Curate or Be Curated: The Coming Age of the Curation Economy | Steve Rosenbaum. The future is coming into focus. There is such clear momentum around a set of emerging behaviors that we can, without a doubt, project the exponential growth of raw unfiltered data. Think of it like Moore's Law for content. The speed, scale, and number of distinct elements of produced content will double every 24 months. Call it Rosenbaum's Law -- unless you know of someone who's quantified the growth before today. To be clear, the reason for this growth is that we've allowed three things to merge into one. As each of us enables more wearable technology and devices that invite us to 'check in,' we fill our personal channel with data. Our location, our weight, our order from Fresh Direct, our "Likes," our Yelp reviews, our Instagram photos. At the same time, those of us who produce content, as opposed to data, no longer look to lure audiences to find our material on our own blogs or sites.

These things are facts. A few facts to underline the trend: What happens in an internet minute? Content Curation And The Future Of Search: The Future of Search. Www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/staff/nrs/pubs/icwsm13.pdf. The Internet Is Full.