Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← Because research is concentrated in rich countries, both what we know…
17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 8 Mar 2012 to 17 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under innovation
innovation
Everything filed under ambition
ambition
Everything filed under creativity
creativity
Everything filed under LLMs
LLMs
Everything filed under epidemiology
epidemiology Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Because research is concentrated in rich countries, both what we know and what gets made are skewed away from the diseases of poor ones. Because research is concentrated in rich countries, both what we know and what gets made are skewed away from the diseases of poor ones. Last stated a year ago
2 Aug 2025
JT
Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Economic development happened once in each country, which is why the big theories of why nations get rich cannot be tested. — tap to centre the map on it Economic development happened once in each country, which is why the big theories of why nations get rich cannot be tested. Last stated 6 months ago
6 May 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-05-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Rich governments need to spend more on research and development, and health and education need better measurement — tap to centre the map on it Rich governments need to spend more on research and development, and health and education need better measurement
BG
Bill Gates — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Labour-saving innovation in rich countries is aimed at the only asset most of the world’s poor have to sell. — tap to centre the map on it Labour-saving innovation in rich countries is aimed at the only asset most of the world’s poor have to sell. Last stated 4 years ago
2 Mar 2023
LP
Lant Pritchett — holds since 2023-03-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Drug research is heading, at speed, for a world in which fewer and fewer useful medicines are discovered while more and more people want them. — tap to centre the map on it Drug research is heading, at speed, for a world in which fewer and fewer useful medicines are discovered while more and more people want them. Last stated 15 years ago
8 Mar 2012
DL
Derek Lowe — holds since 2012-03-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Infectious diseases get far less industry R&D per death than non-communicable ones, because they mostly kill people in countries where a cure pays less. — tap to centre the map on it Infectious diseases get far less industry R&D per death than non-communicable ones, because they mostly kill people in countries where a cure pays less. Last stated a year ago
29 May 2025
JT
Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-05-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some diseases are technologically solved and still spread, because the remaining bottleneck is trust rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it Some diseases are technologically solved and still spread, because the remaining bottleneck is trust rather than science. Last stated a year ago
2 Aug 2025
JT
Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: R&D spending varies more than tenfold across diseases for no good reason, which is where the best opportunities in science funding are. — tap to centre the map on it R&D spending varies more than tenfold across diseases for no good reason, which is where the best opportunities in science funding are. Last stated a year ago
29 May 2025
JT
Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-05-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Only a handful of countries can do high technology at all, because industrial capability is path-dependent and the initial conditions are very hard to get right. — tap to centre the map on it Only a handful of countries can do high technology at all, because industrial capability is path-dependent and the initial conditions are very hard to get right. Last stated 7 years ago
1 Jan 2020
DW
Dan Wang — holds since 2020-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
SK
Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
IA
Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — 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
JL
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 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
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
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Because research is concentrated in rich countries, both what we know and what gets made are skewed away from the diseases of poor ones.
Holds Read this korrent →
Economic development happened once in each country, which is why the big theories of why nations get rich cannot be tested.
Holds
Rich governments need to spend more on research and development, and health and education need better measurement
Last stated c. 2010
Holds
Labour-saving innovation in rich countries is aimed at the only asset most of the world’s poor have to sell.
Holds
Drug research is heading, at speed, for a world in which fewer and fewer useful medicines are discovered while more and more people want them.
Holds
Infectious diseases get far less industry R&D per death than non-communicable ones, because they mostly kill people in countries where a cure pays less.
Holds
Some diseases are technologically solved and still spread, because the remaining bottleneck is trust rather than science.
Holds
R&D spending varies more than tenfold across diseases for no good reason, which is where the best opportunities in science funding are.
Holds
Only a handful of countries can do high technology at all, because industrial capability is path-dependent and the initial conditions are very hard to get right.
Holds
A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work.
Holds
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
Last stated c. 1959
Holds
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
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
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Holds
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Holds
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Holds