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Read this korrent: A student is judged in the end by how good they are at the one thing they do best, not by the sum of their activities.
A student is judged in the end by how good they are at the one thing they do best, not by the sum of their activities.
Last stated 16 years ago
27 Aug 2010
CN
Cal Newport — holds since 2010-08-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured. — tap to centre the map on it
A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured.
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Grading flattens whatever is taught into what can be tested, and teaches students to ignore everything else. — tap to centre the map on it
Grading flattens whatever is taught into what can be tested, and teaches students to ignore everything else.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 May 2023
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Schools account for a tenth or less of the variation in how well students do. — tap to centre the map on it
Schools account for a tenth or less of the variation in how well students do.
Last stated 11 months ago
28 Sept 2025
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Who is in a school predicts its results better than anything about its teaching, its teachers or its methods. — tap to centre the map on it
Who is in a school predicts its results better than anything about its teaching, its teachers or its methods.
Last stated 11 months ago
28 Sept 2025
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Copying the consensus drags you towards the average, and average is not good enough — so you have to make the decisions that make sense to you even when you are completely alone in them. — tap to centre the map on it
Copying the consensus drags you towards the average, and average is not good enough — so you have to make the decisions that make sense to you even when you are completely alone in them.
Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
MH
Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well. — tap to centre the map on it
The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well.
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good reporting is being the world's best student: gather everything before making judgments, and make people want to teach you. — tap to centre the map on it
Good reporting is being the world's best student: gather everything before making judgments, and make people want to teach you.
Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent. — tap to centre the map on it
We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent.
Last stated 12 months ago
8 Sept 2025
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-08 — 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 graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated a month ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill.
Last stated 11 months ago
16 Oct 2025
DF
Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product needs a soul, and for that it needs one person of great taste who is its living, breathing aspect and gets furious about every small detail. — tap to centre the map on it
A product needs a soul, and for that it needs one person of great taste who is its living, breathing aspect and gets furious about every small detail.
Last stated 17 years ago
12 Feb 2010
KS
Karri Saarinen — holds since 2010-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise. — tap to centre the map on it
A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise.
Last stated 2 months ago
by 20 Jul 2026
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Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known. — tap to centre the map on it
A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known.
Last stated 5 years ago
19 Aug 2021
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Luca Lampariello — holds since 2021-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A method you hate will end in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned rather than endured. — tap to centre the map on it
A method you hate will end in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned rather than endured.
Last stated 6 years ago
9 Sept 2020
LL
Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are
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A student is judged in the end by how good they are at the one thing they do best, not by the sum of their activities.
Last stated 27 Aug 2010 · 16 years ago
Holds CN Cal Newport
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Similar wording
Grading flattens whatever is taught into what can be tested, and teaches students to ignore everything else.
Last stated 16 May 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds AM Adam Mastroianni
Similar wording
Schools account for a tenth or less of the variation in how well students do.
Last stated 28 Sept 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
Similar wording
Who is in a school predicts its results better than anything about its teaching, its teachers or its methods.
Last stated 28 Sept 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
Similar wording
Copying the consensus drags you towards the average, and average is not good enough — so you have to make the decisions that make sense to you even when you are completely alone in them.
Last stated 7 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds MH Max Hodak
Similar wording
The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Similar wording
Good reporting is being the world's best student: gather everything before making judgments, and make people want to teach you.
Last stated 15 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds ML Michael Lewis
Similar wording
We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent.
Last stated 8 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
Same subject: taste
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds GS George Saunders
Same subject: taste
A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds DF Dylan Field
Same subject: taste
A product needs a soul, and for that it needs one person of great taste who is its living, breathing aspect and gets furious about every small detail.
Last stated 12 Feb 2010 · 17 years ago
Holds KS Karri Saarinen
Same subject: America
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
Same subject: America
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
Same subject: America
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: language learning
A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise.
Last stated by 20 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds SK Steve Kaufmann
Same subject: language learning
A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known.
Last stated 19 Aug 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds LL Luca Lampariello
Same subject: language learning
A method you hate will end in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned rather than endured.
Last stated 9 Sept 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds LL Luca Lampariello