Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing | The Walrus
Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits
I love listening. It is one of the only spaces where you can be still and moved at the same time. — Nayyirah Waheed — Saturday July 31st — —
The idea is to die young as late as possible. — Ashley Montagu — Saturday July 31st — —
“What art does — maybe what it does most completely — is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t. There are whole worlds around us that we’ve never glimpsed.” Greil Marcus — Saturday July 31st — —
Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits