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← A precarious financial condition is often a precondition for great literature.

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Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under America America Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A precarious financial condition is often a precondition for great literature. A precarious financial condition is oftena precondition for great literature. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of financial struggle often serves as a catalyst for writers to produce great works. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of financial struggleoften serves as a catalyst forwriters to produce great works. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Financial constraints often drive the ingenuity that makes dreams achievable. — tap to centre the map on it Financial constraints often drivethe ingenuity that makes dreamsachievable. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 KK Kevin Kelly — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help — tap to centre the map on it Because great writers already exist,a writer is driven past what hasbeen done, to where no one can help Last stated 72 years ago 10 Dec 1954 EH Ernest Hemingway — holds since 1954-12-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being poor is not only material deprivation but a futile universe within America — tap to centre the map on it Being poor is not only materialdeprivation but a futile universewithin America MH Michael Harrington — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maintaining the status quo has come to mean maintaining a significant amount of debt. — tap to centre the map on it Maintaining the status quo has cometo mean maintaining a significantamount of debt. Last stated a year ago 16 Jul 2025 AP Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democrats are at a financial disadvantage all across the board. — tap to centre the map on it Democrats are at a financialdisadvantage all across the board. Last stated 4 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: An ideology's greatest danger can be premature foreclosure of possibilities disguised as rigorous decisions, rather than outright irrationality. — tap to centre the map on it An ideology's greatest danger can bepremature foreclosure ofpossibilities disguised as rigorousdecisions, rather than outrightirrationality. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: In creative work there is a real benefit to not following the financial incentives, and to creating scarcity for the sake of quality rather than for its own sake. — tap to centre the map on it In creative work there is a realbenefit to not following thefinancial incentives, and tocreating scarcity for the sake ofquality rather than for its ownsake. Last stated 11 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — 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 human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use. — tap to centre the map on it A human-authorship certificationshould not allow partial AI use. Last stated 5 months ago 1 Jun 2026 NH Nick Harkaway — holds since 2026-06-01 — 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: A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters — tap to centre the map on it A chatbot's voice should not replacea thinking human voice where truthmatters Last stated 3 years ago 8 Jul 2023 DH Douglas Hofstadter — holds since 2023-07-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI — tap to centre the map on it A developer cannot be productive andcompetitive today without using AI Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Oct 2026 TH Troy Hunt — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A job that consists of approving AI output has no flow channel at all, because the challenge has been exported to the machine and only the vigilance remains. — tap to centre the map on it A job that consists of approving AIoutput has no flow channel at all,because the challenge has beenexported to the machine and only thevigilance remains. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 JN Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen. — tap to centre the map on it A 'tranquil domestic setting' is nota fitting frame for Jane Austen. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Aug 2024 DL Devoney Looser — holds since 2024-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship. — tap to centre the map on it A book is not bad just because itscharacters have a bad relationship. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Aug 2023 SD Seth Dickinson — holds since 2023-08-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A precarious financial condition is often a precondition for great literature. Last stated 24 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Waqas Younas Read this korrent →