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Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A writer who gains public stature by shedding loneliness often produces worse work, because the work is done alone A writer who gains public stature byshedding loneliness often produces worsework, because the work is done alone Last stated 72 years ago 10 Dec 1954 EH Ernest Hemingway — holds since 1954-12-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing at its best is a lonely life, and writers' organizations ease the loneliness but probably do not improve the writing — tap to centre the map on it Writing at its best is a lonelylife, and writers' organizationsease the loneliness but probably donot improve the writing Last stated 72 years ago 10 Dec 1954 EH Ernest Hemingway — holds since 1954-12-10 — 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: It is harder for a writer to portray happiness meaningfully than to portray suffering. — tap to centre the map on it It is harder for a writer to portrayhappiness meaningfully than toportray suffering. Last stated a year ago 20 Jun 2025 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2025-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose. — tap to centre the map on it A writer can be artisticallyimportant for revealing newpossibilities without beingtechnically skilled at prose. Last stated 2 months ago 8 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working with agents seems to make the work lonelier, which raises the need to connect with other humans. — tap to centre the map on it Working with agents seems to makethe work lonelier, which raises theneed to connect with other humans. Last stated 4 days ago 29 Sept 2026 LR Lenny Rachitsky — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human progress is not inevitable; it comes through tireless effort, and without it time favors social stagnation — tap to centre the map on it Human progress is not inevitable; itcomes through tireless effort, andwithout it time favors socialstagnation MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: Long stretches of being disconnected -- no internet, no phone, no people -- are what make creative work possible. — tap to centre the map on it Long stretches of being disconnected-- no internet, no phone, no people-- are what make creative workpossible. Last stated 7 months ago 3 Mar 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2016-07-27 — tap for who they are DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — 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 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 4 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 10 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents are now capable enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents are now capable enoughthat they should be trusted toimprove the skills and systems thatguide them. Last stated 3 weeks ago 11 Sept 2026 FA Fatih Arslan — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it A company that looks to its users asthough it has stopped shipping isusually widening its market, andgrinding through that is worth it. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A writer who gains public stature by shedding loneliness often produces worse work, because the work is done alone Last stated 10 Dec 1954 · 72 years ago Holds Ernest Hemingway Read this korrent →