via BuzzFeed and Maria Bustillos
The most contentious debate in media over the last few weeks has been about the concept of “curation” vs. “aggregation” vs. “creation.” What’s the big deal? In part, says Brainpicker’s Maria Popova, it’s that “the cat video is the editorial cop-out.”
An extremely worthy long read. I’m personally a huge fan of Maria Popova (and Brainpickings) and her words on and about the interweb. Super smart woman.