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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 20 Jan 2021 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under design design Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under mental models mental models Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is not a good work of art Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is not a goodwork of art LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1897–1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Work that is a burden and a slavery cannot produce art, only bare utility or sham — tap to centre the map on it Work that is a burden and a slaverycannot produce art, only bareutility or sham WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: Analysing a film or other work of art negatively is not a personal attack. — tap to centre the map on it Analysing a film or other work ofart negatively is not a personalattack. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 EW Emily Wilson — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beauty, or what pleases us, cannot be the basis for defining art — tap to centre the map on it Beauty, or what pleases us, cannotbe the basis for defining art LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1897–1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Wagner production he attended is a spurious counterfeit of art that perverts upper-class taste — tap to centre the map on it The Wagner production he attended isa spurious counterfeit of art thatperverts upper-class taste LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1897–1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Art should not need an instrumental justification. — tap to centre the map on it Art should not need an instrumentaljustification. Last stated 9 months ago 23 Jan 2026 KL Ken Liu — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nearly all his own fiction belongs to bad art, except two stories — tap to centre the map on it Nearly all his own fiction belongsto bad art, except two stories LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1897–1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reason is a valuable tool, but knowing is not only a matter of logic. — tap to centre the map on it Reason is a valuable tool, butknowing is not only a matter oflogic. Last stated 3 months ago 25 Jul 2026 ED Elizabeth Day — holds since 2026-07-25 — 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 $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 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 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 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is not a good work of art Last stated c. 1897–1898 Holds Leo Tolstoy Read this korrent →