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← A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 22 Feb 2018 to 26 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about creativity.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under design design Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. A too-faithful remake of an existing worksquanders creative effort that could havemade something new. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — 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: AI has lowered the barrier enough that non-technical people with strong ideas, taste, and cultural awareness can build successful businesses. — tap to centre the map on it AI has lowered the barrier enoughthat non-technical people withstrong ideas, taste, and culturalawareness can build successfulbusinesses. Last stated 4 weeks ago 7 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI progress is jagged: models are becoming superhuman at math and software engineering while remaining far weaker at intuition, creativity, and other forms of human reasoning. — tap to centre the map on it AI progress is jagged: models arebecoming superhuman at math andsoftware engineering while remainingfar weaker at intuition, creativity,and other forms of human reasoning. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI should be used to advance understanding of the universe and improve human capabilities. — tap to centre the map on it AI should be used to advanceunderstanding of the universe andimprove human capabilities. Last stated a week ago 26 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted writing creates anillusion of greater creativity whileactually reducing the originality ofthe ideas expressed. Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Command-and-control leadership is poison in any industry that runs on creativity, because it stifles innovation and saps initiative. — tap to centre the map on it Command-and-control leadership ispoison in any industry that runs oncreativity, because it stiflesinnovation and saps initiative. Last stated 4 years ago 23 Sept 2022 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2022-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creative work is better served by a diverse toolkit of specialized tools than by one universal tool. — tap to centre the map on it Creative work is better served by adiverse toolkit of specialized toolsthan by one universal tool. Last stated 9 years ago 22 Feb 2018 BF Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creative work should feel liberating and produce order and beauty from incoherent parts. — tap to centre the map on it Creative work should feel liberatingand produce order and beauty fromincoherent parts. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Aug 2020 MT Ming Thein — holds since 2020-08-30 — 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 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 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. — tap to centre the map on it A gift's perceived price is part ofwhat it does, so a drink known to becheap fails at its job however goodit tastes. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good book clears out stale assumptions and disturbs the old ideas a reader has let accumulate. — tap to centre the map on it A good book clears out staleassumptions and disturbs the oldideas a reader has let accumulate. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jun 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot. — tap to centre the map on it Acting on an idea reveals its truepotential in a way that merelythinking about it cannot. Last stated 5 months ago 26 Apr 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI models can produce competent-looking software but cannot judge which problems are worth solving or which solutions are right. — tap to centre the map on it AI models can producecompetent-looking software butcannot judge which problems areworth solving or which solutions areright. Last stated 4 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. Last stated 4 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago Holds Matt Webb Read this korrent →