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← All thinkers are shaped indelibly by the region they grew up in.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 25 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under taste taste 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 thinkers are shaped indelibly by the region they grew up in. All thinkers are shaped indelibly by theregion they grew up in. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Constant exposure to information can hinder original thought — tap to centre the map on it Constant exposure to information canhinder original thought Last stated 3 years ago 19 Jun 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading further back in history shows that what feels new and unique to the present era is usually a very old pattern. — tap to centre the map on it Reading further back in historyshows that what feels new and uniqueto the present era is usually a veryold pattern. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: When an economic phenomenon is regionally concentrated, studying it at too fine a geographic scale risks analyzing it at the wrong level of aggregation. — tap to centre the map on it When an economic phenomenon isregionally concentrated, studying itat too fine a geographic scale risksanalyzing it at the wrong level ofaggregation. Last stated 4 years ago 2 Aug 2022 DK Davis Kedrosky — holds since 2022-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Different people's areas of strongest judgment or taste rarely overlap much with each other. — tap to centre the map on it Different people's areas ofstrongest judgment or taste rarelyoverlap much with each other. Last stated a year ago 19 Apr 2025 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2025-04-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Figures across many countries in a certain historical period seem to have been solemnly concerned with the character of their nation. — tap to centre the map on it Figures across many countries in acertain historical period seem tohave been solemnly concerned withthe character of their nation. Last stated 3 weeks ago 25 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A genuinely original thought is nearly impossible, because everyone is born into traditions of thinking that most people never notice, let alone question. — tap to centre the map on it A genuinely original thought isnearly impossible, because everyoneis born into traditions of thinkingthat most people never notice, letalone question. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 JB Jennifer Burns — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: When everybody can build anything, it becomes super clear who has great judgment and who doesn't, which is why judgment and taste are being talked about as everyone's spike. — tap to centre the map on it When everybody can build anything,it becomes super clear who has greatjudgment and who doesn't, which iswhy judgment and taste are beingtalked about as everyone's spike. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company needs someone with a product vision to recover — tap to centre the map on it A company needs someone with aproduct vision to recover Last stated 4 years ago 5 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should define what great looks like for its own role rather than borrow another company's definition. — tap to centre the map on it A company should define what greatlooks like for its own role ratherthan borrow another company'sdefinition. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre All thinkers are shaped indelibly by the region they grew up in. Last stated 1 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Tyler Cowen Read this korrent →