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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 1 Apr 1946 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A language's mere incompleteness is not a defect. A language's mere incompleteness is not adefect. Last stated a year ago 1 Nov 2025 KS Kieran Setiya — holds since 2025-11-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: An opinion being false is not in itself an objection to it — tap to centre the map on it An opinion being false is not initself an objection to it FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1886 — tap for who they are Same subject: If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. — tap to centre the map on it If thought corrupts language,language can also corrupt thought. Last stated 81 years ago 1 Apr 1946 GO George Orwell — holds since 1946-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: If names are not correct, language does not match the truth of things and affairs cannot succeed — tap to centre the map on it If names are not correct, languagedoes not match the truth of thingsand affairs cannot succeed CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: What stops people speaking a new language is not missing vocabulary; it is being unwilling to be heard sounding stupid. — tap to centre the map on it What stops people speaking a newlanguage is not missing vocabulary;it is being unwilling to be heardsounding stupid. Last stated 14 years ago by 12 Oct 2012 BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The word 'good' cannot always be detached from the kind of thing being judged with the same standards applying to other objects. — tap to centre the map on it The word 'good' cannot always bedetached from the kind of thingbeing judged with the same standardsapplying to other objects. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large language models do not think in words. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models do not thinkin words. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language should be designed by a small group of people rather than by one person. — tap to centre the map on it A language should be designed by asmall group of people rather than byone person. Last stated 6 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Languages are at best maps: a word is not the object it represents. — tap to centre the map on it Languages are at best maps: a wordis not the object it represents. AK Alfred Korzybski — holds since c. 1933 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft is necessarily bad, and that is exactly why one has to be written. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft is necessarily bad,and that is exactly why one has tobe written. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Oct 2022 AK Austin Kleon — holds since 2022-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A language's mere incompleteness is not a defect. Last stated 1 Nov 2025 · a year ago Holds Kieran Setiya Read this korrent →