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23 Aug 2026
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Natalie Wexler — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Lack of familiarity with complex syntax is a significantly greater barrier to reading comprehension than lack of vocabulary, especially in higher grade levels. — tap to centre the map on it Lack of familiarity with complex syntax is a significantly greater barrier to reading comprehension than lack of vocabulary, especially in higher grade levels. Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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Natalie Wexler — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Without a minimum level of relevant background knowledge, no comprehension skill or strategy is likely to work. — tap to centre the map on it Without a minimum level of relevant background knowledge, no comprehension skill or strategy is likely to work. Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
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Natalie Wexler — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Combining science and social studies with literacy instruction can enhance students' reading comprehension and content knowledge. — tap to centre the map on it Combining science and social studies with literacy instruction can enhance students' reading comprehension and content knowledge. Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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Natalie Wexler — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Improving education outcomes requires connecting reading and writing instruction to content areas like history and science. — tap to centre the map on it Improving education outcomes requires connecting reading and writing instruction to content areas like history and science. Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
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Natalie Wexler — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts. — tap to centre the map on it Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts. Last stated a year ago
16 Sept 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Explanatory text and jargon generated by machines for readers with different levels of understanding makes communication worse. — tap to centre the map on it Explanatory text and jargon generated by machines for readers with different levels of understanding makes communication worse. Last stated 3 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Students have lost the capacity for sustained attention over the past decade, and they report the difficulty themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Students have lost the capacity for sustained attention over the past decade, and they report the difficulty themselves. Last stated 11 months ago
1 Dec 2025
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Jon Haidt — holds since 2025-12-01 — 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 is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated a week ago
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. Last stated 8 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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Background knowledge and vocabulary inevitably affect reading comprehension, especially as grade levels increase and passages become more complex.
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Lack of familiarity with complex syntax is a significantly greater barrier to reading comprehension than lack of vocabulary, especially in higher grade levels.
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Without a minimum level of relevant background knowledge, no comprehension skill or strategy is likely to work.
Holds
Combining science and social studies with literacy instruction can enhance students' reading comprehension and content knowledge.
Holds
Improving education outcomes requires connecting reading and writing instruction to content areas like history and science.
Holds
Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts.
Holds
Explanatory text and jargon generated by machines for readers with different levels of understanding makes communication worse.
Holds
Students have lost the capacity for sustained attention over the past decade, and they report the difficulty themselves.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from.
Holds