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← Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 10 Dec 1954 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help Because great writers already exist, awriter is driven past what has been done,to where no one can help Last stated 72 years ago 10 Dec 1954 EH Ernest Hemingway — holds since 1954-12-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose. — tap to centre the map on it A writer can be artisticallyimportant for revealing newpossibilities without beingtechnically skilled at prose. Last stated 2 months ago 8 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: No great book has been written by a group; books are as good as they are because they always have a single author. — tap to centre the map on it No great book has been written by agroup; books are as good as they arebecause they always have a singleauthor. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — 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 4 months ago 28 May 2026 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before. — tap to centre the map on it Now that AI can produce competentgeneric prose, writing that isn'tdistinctively personal has becomeless valuable than before. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jun 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. — tap to centre the map on it A story's quality depends on whetherit engages and satisfies the reader,not on the tool used to write it. Last stated a month ago 30 Aug 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft is necessarily bad, and that is exactly why one has to be written. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft is necessarily bad,and that is exactly why one has tobe written. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Oct 2022 AK Austin Kleon — holds since 2022-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it A writer's audience does not carryfrom one book to the next: everybook is another startup you have tomake happen from scratch. Last stated 10 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The middle ground in writing disappears: what is left is good writers and people who cannot write, with no ok writers in between. — tap to centre the map on it The middle ground in writingdisappears: what is left is goodwriters and people who cannot write,with no ok writers in between. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Oct 2024 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 6 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — 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 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 4 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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 4 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 10 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 3 weeks ago 11 Sept 2026 FA Fatih Arslan — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help Last stated 10 Dec 1954 · 72 years ago Holds Ernest Hemingway Read this korrent →