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Read this korrent: AI can be a shortcut around thinking or a way of thinking more rigorously, and for your core job function only the second one is wanted.
AI can be a shortcut around thinking or a way of thinking more rigorously, and for your core job function only the second one is wanted.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Rather than having AI just do the task, people should use it to help build the right mental models. — tap to centre the map on it
Rather than having AI just do the task, people should use it to help build the right mental models.
Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Knowing when to use AI tools for execution and when to go deep on the thinking work is a skill, and quality and polish do not have to take all of a designer's time. — tap to centre the map on it
Knowing when to use AI tools for execution and when to go deep on the thinking work is a skill, and quality and polish do not have to take all of a designer's time.
Last stated 4 months ago
8 Jul 2026
MC
Meaghan Choi — holds since 2026-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Before product-market fit, coding faster does not help: it is better to think a lot than to swing a lot, and AI does not speed up the thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
Before product-market fit, coding faster does not help: it is better to think a lot than to swing a lot, and AI does not speed up the thinking.
Last stated 5 months ago
27 May 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI helps exactly as far as the work is predictable and well documented, and stops helping on anything cutting edge. — tap to centre the map on it
AI helps exactly as far as the work is predictable and well documented, and stops helping on anything cutting edge.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People trying to use AI to automate knowledge work or simplify their job are very early adopters, and their tolerance for sub-par experiences is quite high. — tap to centre the map on it
People trying to use AI to automate knowledge work or simplify their job are very early adopters, and their tolerance for sub-par experiences is quite high.
Last stated 6 months ago
14 Apr 2026
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Brian Lovin — holds since 2026-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI makes it possible to get more done, explore more ideas, and better serve customers than was possible before. — tap to centre the map on it
AI makes it possible to get more done, explore more ideas, and better serve customers than was possible before.
Last stated 11 months ago
3 Dec 2025
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Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI works as a tool that helps create what is in your head, not as the output; when people realize something was created only by AI, they disengage. — tap to centre the map on it
AI works as a tool that helps create what is in your head, not as the output; when people realize something was created only by AI, they disengage.
Last stated 4 months ago
24 Jun 2026
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Loredana Crisan — holds since 2026-06-24 — 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 better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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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 a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do.
Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
SY
Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it
A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — 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 work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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 an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 4 months ago
22 Jun 2026
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Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write. — tap to centre the map on it
Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write.
Last stated 2 years ago
31 Aug 2024
TC
Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not eliminate software engineering jobs, but engineers who are highly skilled with AI tools could displace those who are not. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will not eliminate software engineering jobs, but engineers who are highly skilled with AI tools could displace those who are not.
Last stated 6 months ago
27 Apr 2026
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Jon Seager — holds since 2026-04-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As a capability becomes abundant, its remaining scarce complements become more valuable. — tap to centre the map on it
As a capability becomes abundant, its remaining scarce complements become more valuable.
Last stated a month ago
13 Sept 2026
VR
Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever. — tap to centre the map on it
Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
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AI can be a shortcut around thinking or a way of thinking more rigorously, and for your core job function only the second one is wanted.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Charity Majors
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Rather than having AI just do the task, people should use it to help build the right mental models.
Last stated 25 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Flora Guo
Similar wording
Knowing when to use AI tools for execution and when to go deep on the thinking work is a skill, and quality and polish do not have to take all of a designer's time.
Last stated 8 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Meaghan Choi
Similar wording
Before product-market fit, coding faster does not help: it is better to think a lot than to swing a lot, and AI does not speed up the thinking.
Last stated 27 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Dax Raad
Similar wording
AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Nick Maggiulli
Similar wording
AI helps exactly as far as the work is predictable and well documented, and stops helping on anything cutting edge.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen
Similar wording
People trying to use AI to automate knowledge work or simplify their job are very early adopters, and their tolerance for sub-par experiences is quite high.
Last stated 14 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Brian Lovin
Similar wording
AI makes it possible to get more done, explore more ideas, and better serve customers than was possible before.
Last stated 3 Dec 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Jason Evanish
Similar wording
AI works as a tool that helps create what is in your head, not as the output; when people realize something was created only by AI, they disengage.
Last stated 24 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Loredana Crisan
Same subject: AI and human skill
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.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds L. M. Sacasas
Same subject: AI and human skill
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.
Last stated 18 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Scott H. Young
Same subject: AI and human skill
A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
Last stated 21 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Ed Zitron
Same subject: AI writing
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 26 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Carlos Alexandro Becker
Same subject: AI writing
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 22 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Adam Grant
Same subject: AI writing
Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write.
Last stated 31 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Ted Chiang
Same subject: AI and jobs
AI will not eliminate software engineering jobs, but engineers who are highly skilled with AI tools could displace those who are not.
Last stated 27 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Jon Seager
Same subject: AI and jobs
As a capability becomes abundant, its remaining scarce complements become more valuable.
Last stated 13 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Venkatesh Rao
Same subject: AI and jobs
Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen