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Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Bad modern writing is gumming together ready-made strips of words someone else set in order, and its attraction is that it is easy. Bad modern writing is gumming togetherready-made strips of words someone elseset in order, and its attraction is thatit is easy. Last stated 81 years ago 1 Apr 1946 GO George Orwell — holds since 1946-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sloppy language makes foolish thoughts easier, and getting rid of bad writing habits lets you think more clearly. — tap to centre the map on it Sloppy language makes foolishthoughts easier, and getting rid ofbad writing habits lets you thinkmore clearly. Last stated 81 years ago 1 Apr 1946 GO George Orwell — holds since 1946-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: LLMs are spoiling human writing, because ordinary constructions now look AI-written. — tap to centre the map on it LLMs are spoiling human writing,because ordinary constructions nowlook AI-written. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 AC Andrew Copson — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Readers would rather read a person's "bad" writing than polished AI writing, because even one AI-written sentence is easy to spot. — tap to centre the map on it Readers would rather read a person's"bad" writing than polished AIwriting, because even one AI-writtensentence is easy to spot. Last stated yesterday 31 Oct 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing is hard to train into AI models because writing quality is hard to evaluate. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing is hard to train intoAI models because writing quality ishard to evaluate. Last stated 7 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JS Jasmine Sun — holds since 2026-03-23 — 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: Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing requires wanting totell people something, which AIitself lacks. Last stated 5 months ago 28 May 2026 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing is dense and interconnected enough that readers meet its knowledge at the level they are ready for. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing is dense andinterconnected enough that readersmeet its knowledge at the level theyare ready for. Last stated a year ago 29 Sept 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bad writing is fine; the way to get in shape as a writer is to write more of it, every day. — tap to centre the map on it Bad writing is fine; the way to getin shape as a writer is to writemore of it, every day. Last stated yesterday 31 Oct 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents are now capable enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents are now capable enoughthat they should be trusted toimprove the skills and systems thatguide them. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Sept 2026 FA Fatih Arslan — holds since 2026-09-11 — 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 gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. — tap to centre the map on it A gift's perceived price is part ofwhat it does, so a drink known to becheap fails at its job however goodit tastes. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — 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 Bad modern writing is gumming together ready-made strips of words someone else set in order, and its attraction is that it is easy. Last stated 1 Apr 1946 · 81 years ago Holds George Orwell Read this korrent →