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physics Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Agency in biology is not a mysterious property that goes where mechanism cannot. Agency in biology is not a mysterious property that goes where mechanism cannot. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Philip Ball — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having a biochemical pathway does not mean something will produce an outcome, though any real outcome has a mechanism behind it. — tap to centre the map on it Having a biochemical pathway does not mean something will produce an outcome, though any real outcome has a mechanism behind it. Last stated 2 years ago
12 Aug 2024
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Layne Norton — holds since 2024-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agency, which comes from acting in the world and living with the consequences, is what distinguishes people from machines. — tap to centre the map on it Agency, which comes from acting in the world and living with the consequences, is what distinguishes people from machines. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Jan 2024
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James Gleick — holds since 2024-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI can have agency without consciousness — tap to centre the map on it An AI can have agency without consciousness Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no distinct boundary between chemical-physical machines and cognitive agents. — tap to centre the map on it There is no distinct boundary between chemical-physical machines and cognitive agents. Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
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Michael Levin — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Scientific progress in biology is not slowing down. — tap to centre the map on it Scientific progress in biology is not slowing down. Last stated 7 years ago
15 Aug 2019
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Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beauty is agency: a thing is beautiful because it has agency, not because of how it looks. — tap to centre the map on it Beauty is agency: a thing is beautiful because it has agency, not because of how it looks. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Sept 2023
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Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Understanding what a system does does not reveal what it fundamentally is. — tap to centre the map on it Understanding what a system does does not reveal what it fundamentally is. Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
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Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Unlike physics, biology's complexity and nonlinearity make a brute-force approach to knowledge creation necessary rather than one based on writing down equations. — tap to centre the map on it Unlike physics, biology's complexity and nonlinearity make a brute-force approach to knowledge creation necessary rather than one based on writing down equations. Last stated a year ago
29 Jun 2025
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Elliot Hershberg — holds since 2025-06-29 — 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 a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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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 and wartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
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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 good commercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — 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 experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others
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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 a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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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 consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
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Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are