Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals.

The future presented by the internet is the mass amateurization of publishing and a switch from 'Why publish this?' to 'Why not?

It did not take long after the rise of the commercial printing press before someone figured out that erotic novels were a good idea. ... It took people another 150 years to even think of the scientific journal.

Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.

Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.

When you got a cell phone you stopped making plans. 'I'll call you when I get there.'

In a profession, members are only partly guided by service to the public.