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Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A shift toward faster media formats changes how people read rather than ending reading altogether A shift toward faster media formatschanges how people read rather than endingreading altogether Last stated 3 months ago 16 Jul 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: People no longer read books the way books assume they will — they jump around, whatever they tell the author. — tap to centre the map on it People no longer read books the waybooks assume they will — they jumparound, whatever they tell theauthor. Last stated 7 months ago 29 Mar 2026 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts. — tap to centre the map on it Reading a great deal about a subjectworks partly by holding yourattention on it long enough tochange, not only by adding facts. Last stated a year ago 16 Sept 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a risk that reading will be devalued due to low-quality AI-generated text. — tap to centre the map on it There is a risk that reading will bedevalued due to low-qualityAI-generated text. Last stated 4 weeks ago 26 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technology changes rapidly while people and culture change slowly — tap to centre the map on it Technology changes rapidly whilepeople and culture change slowly DN Don Norman — holds since c. 2013 — tap for who they are Same subject: When reading, people mostly recognize the shape of whole words and phrases rather than looking at each letter individually. — tap to centre the map on it When reading, people mostlyrecognize the shape of whole wordsand phrases rather than looking ateach letter individually. Last stated 8 months ago 1 Mar 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Things are understood better from books than from newspapers, television, or social media. — tap to centre the map on it Things are understood better frombooks than from newspapers,television, or social media. Last stated a week ago 14 Oct 2026 BF Brad Feld — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Books endure alongside newer media because they have unique affordances that other media have not replicated. — tap to centre the map on it Books endure alongside newer mediabecause they have unique affordancesthat other media have notreplicated. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-02 — 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: AI is unlikely to end a working writer's career, barring a broader societal collapse. — tap to centre the map on it AI is unlikely to end a workingwriter's career, barring a broadersocietal collapse. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 JS John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI writing tools can be used for editing help without letting them take over work that has personal meaning. — tap to centre the map on it AI writing tools can be used forediting help without letting themtake over work that has personalmeaning. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated writing is already fairly good but still lacks the direction and insight of human editors. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing is alreadyfairly good but still lacks thedirection and insight of humaneditors. Last stated 3 years ago 6 Feb 2024 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2024-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good story needs a clear beginning, middle, and end to be satisfying. — tap to centre the map on it A good story needs a clearbeginning, middle, and end to besatisfying. Last stated 5 months ago 31 May 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: No other writer has combined precise, plain language with a poet's eye for nature as successfully as Annie Dillard did. — tap to centre the map on it No other writer has combinedprecise, plain language with apoet's eye for nature assuccessfully as Annie Dillard did. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 CM Craig Mod — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mediocre is the only thing worth avoiding: the best and the worst both teach you something, the middle teaches nothing. — tap to centre the map on it The mediocre is the only thing worthavoiding: the best and the worstboth teach you something, the middleteaches nothing. Last stated 3 years ago 7 Sept 2023 AK Austin Kleon — holds since 2023-09-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A shift toward faster media formats changes how people read rather than ending reading altogether Last stated 16 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Ann Handley Read this korrent →