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← All dull, unpleasant and unintellectual labour should be done by machines

13 connected korrents · 11 moments from 26 Jul 2019 to 15 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under design design Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: All dull, unpleasant and unintellectual labour should be done by machines All dull, unpleasant and unintellectuallabour should be done by machines OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machinery and division of labour make factory work monotonous and reduce the worker to an appendage of the machine — tap to centre the map on it Machinery and division of labourmake factory work monotonous andreduce the worker to an appendage ofthe machine KM Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machines are better suited for soul-crushing, creative drudgery — tap to centre the map on it Machines are better suited forsoul-crushing, creative drudgery Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machines should do the parts of a task that people are bad at, so that people and technology work as partners on human terms. — tap to centre the map on it Machines should do the parts of atask that people are bad at, so thatpeople and technology work aspartners on human terms. Last stated 7 years ago 26 Jul 2019 DN Don Norman — holds since 2019-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Provided it is not excessive, even the dullest work is probably less painful to most people than idleness — tap to centre the map on it Provided it is not excessive, eventhe dullest work is probably lesspainful to most people than idleness BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it A company must cut half itsengineers to pay for the otherhalf's tokens, and that is what thelayoffs are actually about. Last stated 8 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks. — tap to centre the map on it A home is an asset that is likely toperform poorly exactly when a personneeds it most due to its correlationwith local labor market shocks. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jul 2026 JD Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover. — tap to centre the map on it A labor market stuck in a low-hiringequilibrium will see employmentdecline outright unless hiring ratesrecover. Last stated 10 months ago 11 Jan 2026 JP Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does notautomatically form a functioningorganization any more than a groupof smart people does. Last stated 5 months ago 21 May 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines,because nobody would have recourseagainst them. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs amachine of its own, or you willspend the day fighting it for themouse cursor. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre All dull, unpleasant and unintellectual labour should be done by machines Last stated c. 1891 Holds Oscar Wilde Read this korrent →