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← Because most people read so few books, almost any older book is effectively new to them.

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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 design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Because most people read so few books, almost any older book is effectively new to them. Because most people read so few books,almost any older book is effectively newto them. Last stated a month ago 10 Aug 2026 LM Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even the most commercially successful books are written for a very small group of people rather than for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Even the most commerciallysuccessful books are written for avery small group of people ratherthan for everyone. Last stated 2 years ago 26 Mar 2024 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: People no longer read books the way books assume they will — they jump around, whatever they tell the author. — tap to centre the map on it People no longer read books the waybooks assume they will — they jumparound, whatever they tell theauthor. Last stated 6 months ago 29 Mar 2026 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading even one book on a niche topic sharply shrinks the number of people you can discuss it with. — tap to centre the map on it Reading even one book on a nichetopic sharply shrinks the number ofpeople you can discuss it with. Last stated 3 years ago 15 Oct 2023 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2023-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book of radically unusual ideas drifts unread for centuries until a decade's new questions happen to be answered inside it, and then everyone reads it at once. — tap to centre the map on it A book of radically unusual ideasdrifts unread for centuries until adecade's new questions happen to beanswered inside it, and theneveryone reads it at once. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Jun 2026 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good book clears out stale assumptions and disturbs the old ideas a reader has let accumulate. — tap to centre the map on it A good book clears out staleassumptions and disturbs the oldideas a reader has let accumulate. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jun 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading further back in history shows that what feels new and unique to the present era is usually a very old pattern. — tap to centre the map on it Reading further back in historyshows that what feels new and uniqueto the present era is usually a veryold pattern. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — 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: Computers change but people do not, so understanding people is how you make better software — tap to centre the map on it Computers change but people do not,so understanding people is how youmake better software Last stated 23 years ago 2 Feb 2004 JA Jeff Atwood — holds since 2004-02-02 — 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: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — 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 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 11 months ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — 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 first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Because most people read so few books, almost any older book is effectively new to them. Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · a month ago Holds Lincoln Michel Read this korrent →