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Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: All history is really biography, verified in private experience All history is really biography, verifiedin private experience RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1841–1847 — tap for who they are Same subject: The history of what humans have accomplished is at bottom the history of great men — tap to centre the map on it The history of what humans haveaccomplished is at bottom thehistory of great men TC Thomas Carlyle — holds since c. 1840–1841 — tap for who they are Same subject: A historian who presents legends as facts forfeits credibility — tap to centre the map on it A historian who presents legends asfacts forfeits credibility Last stated a year ago 9 Oct 2025 RD Richard Dawkins — holds since 2025-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything has evolved, so there are no eternal facts and no absolute truths — tap to centre the map on it Everything has evolved, so there areno eternal facts and no absolutetruths FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: History is composed of the millions of individual moments of ordinary people rather than just the actions of great individuals. — tap to centre the map on it History is composed of the millionsof individual moments of ordinarypeople rather than just the actionsof great individuals. Last stated 11 months ago 3 Dec 2025 PW Patrick Wyman — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Abstract empiricism of the Yglesias kind tells us almost nothing about what really happened in history. — tap to centre the map on it Abstract empiricism of the Yglesiaskind tells us almost nothing aboutwhat really happened in history. Last stated a week ago 23 Oct 2026 JG John Ganz — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Telling history through the actions of a single Great Man is why historians distrust biography. — tap to centre the map on it Telling history through the actionsof a single Great Man is whyhistorians distrust biography. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Jan 2026 MP Murray Pittock — holds since 2026-01-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: All great stories are true stories, even if they are fiction. — tap to centre the map on it All great stories are true stories,even if they are fiction. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 JY Jason Yuan — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: History is not the study of the past but the study of how things change — tap to centre the map on it History is not the study of the pastbut the study of how things change Last stated 4 years ago 18 Oct 2022 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2022-10-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it A low-effort AI-designed landingpage costs a product its audiencebefore the product itself is everjudged. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Aug 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre All history is really biography, verified in private experience Last stated c. 1841–1847 Holds Ralph Waldo Emerson Read this korrent →