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← Bad books can help a discerning reader to discover, refute, warn and illustrate

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 20 Jan 2021 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under design design Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under censorship censorship Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Bad books can help a discerning reader to discover, refute, warn and illustrate Bad books can help a discerning reader todiscover, refute, warn and illustrate JM John Milton — holds since c. 1644 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship. — tap to centre the map on it A book is not bad just because itscharacters have a bad relationship. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Aug 2023 SD Seth Dickinson — holds since 2023-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading bad work is instructive as well as reassuring, so a maker should not read only the good stuff. — tap to centre the map on it Reading bad work is instructive aswell as reassuring, so a makershould not read only the good stuff. Last stated 3 years ago 7 Sept 2023 AK Austin Kleon — holds since 2023-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: In one sense bad literature is more valuable to read than good literature — tap to centre the map on it In one sense bad literature is morevaluable to read than goodliterature GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1905 — tap for who they are Same subject: People often support banning a book based on assumptions about its content rather than on having read it themselves. — tap to centre the map on it People often support banning a bookbased on assumptions about itscontent rather than on having readit themselves. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: If a fool stays a fool with any book, restricting books only deprives the wise — tap to centre the map on it If a fool stays a fool with anybook, restricting books onlydeprives the wise JM John Milton — holds since c. 1644 — tap for who they are Same subject: Including a book in a library's collection, or reading it, is not the same as endorsing everything in it. — tap to centre the map on it Including a book in a library'scollection, or reading it, is notthe same as endorsing everything init. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some books should be sampled, some read through, and a few read wholly with close attention — tap to centre the map on it Some books should be sampled, someread through, and a few read whollywith close attention FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reviewers can tell the obviously good from the obviously bad, but there is a messy middle where they cannot tell at all. — tap to centre the map on it Reviewers can tell the obviouslygood from the obviously bad, butthere is a messy middle where theycannot tell at all. Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jan 2021 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2021-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of financial struggle often serves as a catalyst for writers to produce great works. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of financial struggleoften serves as a catalyst forwriters to produce great works. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use. — tap to centre the map on it A human-authorship certificationshould not allow partial AI use. Last stated 5 months ago 1 Jun 2026 NH Nick Harkaway — holds since 2026-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — 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
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At the centre Bad books can help a discerning reader to discover, refute, warn and illustrate Last stated c. 1644 Holds John Milton Read this korrent →