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Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under America America Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under investing investing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Cities outlast businesses partly because their residents continually experiment with new solutions that let the city adapt to changing conditions. Cities outlast businesses partly becausetheir residents continually experimentwith new solutions that let the city adaptto changing conditions. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The reason to keep building is that building is practice at problem-solving, and the supply of problems will never run out. — tap to centre the map on it The reason to keep building is thatbuilding is practice atproblem-solving, and the supply ofproblems will never run out. Last stated 7 months ago 29 Mar 2026 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Industries do not stay competitive markets; over time most settle into a monopoly or, more often, an oligopoly. — tap to centre the map on it Industries do not stay competitivemarkets; over time most settle intoa monopoly or, more often, anoligopoly. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nearly every American city is functionally insolvent, because replacing the infrastructure it has built would cost more than its entire private tax base is worth. — tap to centre the map on it Nearly every American city isfunctionally insolvent, becausereplacing the infrastructure it hasbuilt would cost more than itsentire private tax base is worth. Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jan 2017 CM Charles Marohn — holds since 2017-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The American suburban pattern of development does not pay for itself: a city takes the cash from new growth and, with it, a maintenance bill it can never cover. — tap to centre the map on it The American suburban pattern ofdevelopment does not pay for itself:a city takes the cash from newgrowth and, with it, a maintenancebill it can never cover. Last stated 15 years ago 17 Jun 2011 CM Charles Marohn — holds since 2011-06-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The break in how cities are built is that places used to be improved continuously and are now built once, at scale, to a finished state. — tap to centre the map on it The break in how cities are built isthat places used to be improvedcontinuously and are now built once,at scale, to a finished state. Last stated 9 years ago 12 Jun 2017 CM Charles Marohn — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies are staying private longer partly because private-market investors have overvalued them. — tap to centre the map on it Companies are staying private longerpartly because private-marketinvestors have overvalued them. Last stated 4 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 BC Ben Carlson — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. — tap to centre the map on it A codec does not really exist untileveryone can decode it. Last stated 5 months ago 31 May 2026 JK Jean-Baptiste Kempf — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. — tap to centre the map on it AI represents the largest change tosociety in a very long time, perhapsever. Last stated 6 months ago 10 Apr 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Cities outlast businesses partly because their residents continually experiment with new solutions that let the city adapt to changing conditions. Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago Holds Tren Griffin Read this korrent →