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← AI has a vampiric effect on the people using it: it excites them into working past their own ragged edge.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 13 Nov 2011 to 3 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under hiring hiring Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI has a vampiric effect on the people using it: it excites them into working past their own ragged edge. AI has a vampiric effect on the peopleusing it: it excites them into workingpast their own ragged edge. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — 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 workis predictable and well documented,and stops helping on anythingcutting edge. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Mar 2025 TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who enjoy using AI themselves often resent having it used against them. — tap to centre the map on it People who enjoy using AI themselvesoften resent having it used againstthem. Last stated 6 months ago 6 May 2026 AP Aaron Patterson — holds since 2026-05-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can get a person to 70%, after which the work needs to be made the person's own; AI sets up the workspace and the person makes the thing. — tap to centre the map on it AI can get a person to 70%, afterwhich the work needs to be made theperson's own; AI sets up theworkspace and the person makes thething. Last stated 4 months ago 24 Jun 2026 LC Loredana Crisan — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: People often think that collaborating with AI takes something more advanced than is actually needed. — tap to centre the map on it People often think thatcollaborating with AI takessomething more advanced than isactually needed. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Mar 2026 JP Josh Puckett — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI both allows and forces product people to be a lot more ambitious. — tap to centre the map on it AI both allows and forces productpeople to be a lot more ambitious. Last stated 3 weeks ago 29 Sept 2026 LR Lenny Rachitsky — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The impact of AI is comparable to adding highly capable coworkers. — tap to centre the map on it The impact of AI is comparable toadding highly capable coworkers. Last stated 3 weeks ago 3 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet. — tap to centre the map on it Society has catching up to do: AI isincredibly powerful and not alwaysright, and people who argue 'but myagent said so' have not learned thatyet. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The next shift in AI will probably be agents that are more proactive toward you than you are toward them. — tap to centre the map on it The next shift in AI will probablybe agents that are more proactivetoward you than you are toward them. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 RU Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — 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 9 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 can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it Achievement is wonderful when youknow why you pursue it, and a trapwhen you do not Last stated 11 years ago 27 May 2015 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it An unstarted, unresolved task ismore mentally exhausting than almostany other kind of task. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre AI has a vampiric effect on the people using it: it excites them into working past their own ragged edge. Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago Holds Steve Yegge Read this korrent →