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4 Mar 2026
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Lev Grossman — holds since 2026-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people who want to write novels don't because they lose their nerve and quit. — tap to centre the map on it Most people who want to write novels don't because they lose their nerve and quit. Last stated 8 months ago
4 Mar 2026
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Lev Grossman — holds since 2026-03-04 — 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 artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose. Last stated 3 months ago
8 Aug 2026
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Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Stories are always deliberately constructed by their author, not something that emerges on its own. — tap to centre the map on it Stories are always deliberately constructed by their author, not something that emerges on its own. Last stated 4 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that mattered. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that mattered. Last stated 6 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people are not as good at inferring a writer's intent from their fiction as they believe themselves to be. — tap to centre the map on it Most people are not as good at inferring a writer's intent from their fiction as they believe themselves to be. Last stated 7 years ago
25 Nov 2019
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Ann Leckie — holds since 2019-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A writer should explore and push boundaries rather than stay in one groove of style and genre. — tap to centre the map on it A writer should explore and push boundaries rather than stay in one groove of style and genre. Last stated a year ago
25 Jul 2025
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Karen Lord — holds since 2025-07-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The purpose of novels is to bear witness to the inexplicability of human life, not to solve it. — tap to centre the map on it The purpose of novels is to bear witness to the inexplicability of human life, not to solve it. Last stated 2 months ago
2 Sept 2026
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Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
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Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — 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-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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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 with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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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 work that used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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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 better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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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 a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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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 enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them. Last stated 2 months ago
11 Sept 2026
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Fatih Arslan — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
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Being a novelist is a matter of keeping at it day after day, not of genius breakthroughs.
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Most people who want to write novels don't because they lose their nerve and quit.
Holds
A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose.
Holds
Stories are always deliberately constructed by their author, not something that emerges on its own.
Holds
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Holds
Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that mattered.
Holds
Most people are not as good at inferring a writer's intent from their fiction as they believe themselves to be.
Holds
A writer should explore and push boundaries rather than stay in one groove of style and genre.
Holds
The purpose of novels is to bear witness to the inexplicability of human life, not to solve it.
Holds
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Holds
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Holds
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Holds
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Holds
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.
Holds
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Holds
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.
Holds
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.
Holds
AI agents are now capable enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them.
Holds