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Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A sense of awe depends on the limits of the person who made the thing, so unlimited potential has nothing left to transcend. A sense of awe depends on the limits ofthe person who made the thing, sounlimited potential has nothing left totranscend. Last stated 8 years ago 23 Jan 2019 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2019-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Awe is a uniquely human emotion, resting on the metacognitive ability to detach conscious experience from the here and now. — tap to centre the map on it Awe is a uniquely human emotion,resting on the metacognitive abilityto detach conscious experience fromthe here and now. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything around us exists because someone pushed it through with tenacity: the world is a museum of passion projects. — tap to centre the map on it Everything around us exists becausesomeone pushed it through withtenacity: the world is a museum ofpassion projects. Last stated 4 years ago 25 May 2022 JC John Collison — holds since 2022-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to overestimate their own talent and underestimate the structural advantages that amplify their success. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to overestimate theirown talent and underestimate thestructural advantages that amplifytheir success. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity should give up the feeling of entitlement — that because we were here first, the future must go on being ours. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity should give up the feelingof entitlement — that because wewere here first, the future must goon being ours. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Boredom is a missing skill rather than a property of the situation: there is infinity in every direction, including a blank wall. — tap to centre the map on it Boredom is a missing skill ratherthan a property of the situation:there is infinity in everydirection, including a blank wall. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking inspiration outweighs execution is a sign of not knowing the medium. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking inspiration outweighsexecution is a sign of not knowingthe medium. Last stated 2 years ago 31 Aug 2024 TC Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world worth seeking is one built on the impulse to create rather than the desire to keep or seize possessions — tap to centre the map on it The world worth seeking is one builton the impulse to create rather thanthe desire to keep or seizepossessions BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1918 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is easy to feel that we can just do all the things, but the question is whether it is worth doing and whether you feel proud of the output. — tap to centre the map on it It is easy to feel that we can justdo all the things, but the questionis whether it is worth doing andwhether you feel proud of theoutput. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A sense of awe depends on the limits of the person who made the thing, so unlimited potential has nothing left to transcend. Last stated 23 Jan 2019 · 8 years ago Holds Nick Cave Read this korrent →