CHAPTER 10

The Brooklynization of Millennials

The Millennial Curation Wave Pushing Back against Automation1

Sir Peter Ustinov once famously said, “In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from” (see https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/peter_ustinov_103982).

The state of informed choice in 2019 has never been more promising; yet, choice fatigue is slowly seeping in. The Internet has made available vast stores of information, analysis, and feedback to enable choosing smartly, every time—or so one would expect in a perfect world. And yet, the value of all open-source information is fast approaching zero. The sheer volume, scale, and speed of new content creation and delivery keeps growing every ...

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