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Everything filed under health and fitness health and fitness Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A new idea usually seems unreasonable at first and reasonable only afterward A new idea usually seems unreasonable atfirst and reasonable only afterward IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whatever the punishment, once a crime has first appeared, its reappearance is more likely than its first emergence was — tap to centre the map on it Whatever the punishment, once acrime has first appeared, itsreappearance is more likely than itsfirst emergence was HA Hannah Arendt — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: With any new subject people tend first to overrate it, then by reaction to undervalue it — tap to centre the map on it With any new subject people tendfirst to overrate it, then byreaction to undervalue it AL Ada Lovelace — holds since c. 1843 — tap for who they are Same subject: New ideas usually fail outright or require drastic changes before they can succeed. — tap to centre the map on it New ideas usually fail outright orrequire drastic changes before theycan succeed. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Aug 2024 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2024-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conclusion being biologically reasonable is not the same as its having been proven. — tap to centre the map on it A conclusion being biologicallyreasonable is not the same as itshaving been proven. Last stated 3 months ago 11 Jul 2026 PA Peter Attia — holds since 2026-07-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Predictions should be less extreme than the information they rest on, an idea that is deeply counterintuitive — tap to centre the map on it Predictions should be less extremethan the information they rest on,an idea that is deeplycounterintuitive DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since c. 2002–2003 — tap for who they are Same subject: The ideas that end up mattering sound stupid at first, because that is where the value is locked up; copying the best with a tweak never works. — tap to centre the map on it The ideas that end up matteringsound stupid at first, because thatis where the value is locked up;copying the best with a tweak neverworks. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The truth of the thoughts in this book seems unassailable and definitive, so its problems have in essentials been finally solved — tap to centre the map on it The truth of the thoughts in thisbook seems unassailable anddefinitive, so its problems have inessentials been finally solved LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: An idea can be obviously good and obviously ridiculous at the same time; being grounded in a real user problem is what carries it through. — tap to centre the map on it An idea can be obviously good andobviously ridiculous at the sametime; being grounded in a real userproblem is what carries it through. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Jul 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A celebrated popular science book can consistently misrepresent the literature it summarises and contradict its own sources. — tap to centre the map on it A celebrated popular science bookcan consistently misrepresent theliterature it summarises andcontradict its own sources. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Nov 2019 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-11-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in heart rate variability values typically precedes the onset of noticeable sickness symptoms by about a day. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in heart rate variabilityvalues typically precedes the onsetof noticeable sickness symptoms byabout a day. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 RM Ray Maker — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Garmin wearable cannot deliver meaningful health insights immediately after someone starts wearing it — it needs weeks of continuous wear first. — tap to centre the map on it A Garmin wearable cannot delivermeaningful health insightsimmediately after someone startswearing it — it needs weeks ofcontinuous wear first. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 ES Elio Struyf — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
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