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Read this korrent: An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject.
An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject.
Last stated 10 months ago
15 Dec 2025
ML
Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An audience wants a maker's judgment more than their research. — tap to centre the map on it
An audience wants a maker's judgment more than their research.
Last stated a month ago
19 Sept 2026
DS
David Sparks — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The best sign that a subject is worth writing about is that you are interested in it and nobody else is. — tap to centre the map on it
The best sign that a subject is worth writing about is that you are interested in it and nobody else is.
Last stated 10 months ago
15 Dec 2025
ML
Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The value of an audience does not grow anything like linearly with its size, so a handful of people who genuinely love the work is enough. — tap to centre the map on it
The value of an audience does not grow anything like linearly with its size, so a handful of people who genuinely love the work is enough.
Last stated 3 years ago
1 Jul 2023
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People are more inclined to listen to you and follow your ideas when you entertain them than when you educate them, which can often come across as more patronizing. — tap to centre the map on it
People are more inclined to listen to you and follow your ideas when you entertain them than when you educate them, which can often come across as more patronizing.
Last stated 7 months ago
2 Apr 2026
MS
Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ask who benefits from you reading a piece of news, and you conclude that perhaps 95 percent of it was published to get you to buy, support, fight or donate. — tap to centre the map on it
Ask who benefits from you reading a piece of news, and you conclude that perhaps 95 percent of it was published to get you to buy, support, fight or donate.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A certain kind of self assurance seems to attract mass readership. — tap to centre the map on it
A certain kind of self assurance seems to attract mass readership.
Last stated a week ago
13 Oct 2026
HF
Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people could do the learning behind such a book; it takes curiosity and real interest, not special talent — tap to centre the map on it
Most people could do the learning behind such a book; it takes curiosity and real interest, not special talent
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
PB
Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People with a large audience have a responsibility to get things right and acknowledge their mistakes. — tap to centre the map on it
People with a large audience have a responsibility to get things right and acknowledge their mistakes.
Last stated 10 months ago
9 Dec 2025
SD
Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent. — tap to centre the map on it
A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A press dedicated to uncovering the truth keeps society from ignoring corruption and injustice — tap to centre the map on it
A press dedicated to uncovering the truth keeps society from ignoring corruption and injustice
Last stated 9 years ago
7 Jan 2018
OW
Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2018-01-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Climate coverage in the media is shrinking and increasingly paywalled. — tap to centre the map on it
Climate coverage in the media is shrinking and increasingly paywalled.
Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
EA
Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no such thing as an unbiased source of information; understanding the world means reading conflicting sources that hate each other. — tap to centre the map on it
There is no such thing as an unbiased source of information; understanding the world means reading conflicting sources that hate each other.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Almost every one-to-one Telegram chat, and every group chat, is readable on Telegram’s own servers. — tap to centre the map on it
Almost every one-to-one Telegram chat, and every group chat, is readable on Telegram’s own servers.
Last stated 2 years ago
25 Aug 2024
MG
Matthew Green — holds since 2024-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France. — tap to centre the map on it
Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Increased media coverage of mass shootings increases public fear of them. — tap to centre the map on it
Increased media coverage of mass shootings increases public fear of them.
Last stated 7 years ago
14 Aug 2019
FS
Felix Salmon — holds since 2019-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it
Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Nov 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it
Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
AG
Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
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An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject.
Last stated 15 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Michael Lewis
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
An audience wants a maker's judgment more than their research.
Last stated 19 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds David Sparks
Similar wording
The best sign that a subject is worth writing about is that you are interested in it and nobody else is.
Last stated 15 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Michael Lewis
Similar wording
The value of an audience does not grow anything like linearly with its size, so a handful of people who genuinely love the work is enough.
Last stated 1 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Paul Graham
Similar wording
People are more inclined to listen to you and follow your ideas when you entertain them than when you educate them, which can often come across as more patronizing.
Last stated 2 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Marvin Schwaibold
Similar wording
Ask who benefits from you reading a piece of news, and you conclude that perhaps 95 percent of it was published to get you to buy, support, fight or donate.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Pavel Durov
Similar wording
A certain kind of self assurance seems to attract mass readership.
Last stated 13 Oct 2026 · a week ago
Holds Henry Farrell
Similar wording
Most people could do the learning behind such a book; it takes curiosity and real interest, not special talent
Last stated 17 Oct 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Peter Bevelin
Similar wording
People with a large audience have a responsibility to get things right and acknowledge their mistakes.
Last stated 9 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Saloni Dattani
Same subject: journalism
A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: journalism
A press dedicated to uncovering the truth keeps society from ignoring corruption and injustice
Last stated 7 Jan 2018 · 9 years ago
Holds Oprah Winfrey
Same subject: journalism
Climate coverage in the media is shrinking and increasingly paywalled.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Emily Atkin
Same subject: Telegram
There is no such thing as an unbiased source of information; understanding the world means reading conflicting sources that hate each other.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Pavel Durov
Same subject: Telegram
Almost every one-to-one Telegram chat, and every group chat, is readable on Telegram’s own servers.
Last stated 25 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Matthew Green
Same subject: Telegram
Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Lex Fridman
Same subject: attitude change
Increased media coverage of mass shootings increases public fear of them.
Last stated 14 Aug 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Felix Salmon
Same subject: attitude change
Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition
Last stated 6 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: attitude change
Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Adam Grant