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← Civilization is triggered by humans learning to stay in one place, not by anything they invented there.
17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 25 Sept 2026.
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30 Sept 2024
EB
Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AIs, like children raised in a culture, can eventually be guided through teaching to join civilization rather than requiring permanent control. — tap to centre the map on it AIs, like children raised in a culture, can eventually be guided through teaching to join civilization rather than requiring permanent control. Last stated 4 weeks ago
25 Sept 2026
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Robin Hanson — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every cognitive ingredient for farming and for states was already in place tens of thousands of years before either appeared, so what humanity was waiting on was not biology. — tap to centre the map on it Every cognitive ingredient for farming and for states was already in place tens of thousands of years before either appeared, so what humanity was waiting on was not biology. Last stated 5 months ago
8 May 2026
DR
David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The evolution of civilization is the struggle between the life and death instincts, and may be described as the human species' struggle for existence — tap to centre the map on it The evolution of civilization is the struggle between the life and death instincts, and may be described as the human species' struggle for existence
SF
Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every technological civilisation probably triggers its own planetary climate crisis. — tap to centre the map on it Every technological civilisation probably triggers its own planetary climate crisis. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Dec 2024
AF
Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Civilization may be becoming hyper-fragile through dependence on technologies that are not as reliable as they should be — tap to centre the map on it Civilization may be becoming hyper-fragile through dependence on technologies that are not as reliable as they should be Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humanity should be wary of answering signals from alien civilisations until it has developed further. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity should be wary of answering signals from alien civilisations until it has developed further.
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Stephen Hawking — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Settled civilizations only improve inside a fixed way of doing things; Genghis Khan had no fixed way of thinking, and that is why he could absorb any technology he met. — tap to centre the map on it Settled civilizations only improve inside a fixed way of doing things; Genghis Khan had no fixed way of thinking, and that is why he could absorb any technology he met. Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
JW
Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. — tap to centre the map on it A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
EB
Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
IS
Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — 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: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
MM
Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
BS
Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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Civilization is triggered by humans learning to stay in one place, not by anything they invented there.
Holds Read this korrent →
AIs, like children raised in a culture, can eventually be guided through teaching to join civilization rather than requiring permanent control.
Holds
Every cognitive ingredient for farming and for states was already in place tens of thousands of years before either appeared, so what humanity was waiting on was not biology.
Holds
The evolution of civilization is the struggle between the life and death instincts, and may be described as the human species' struggle for existence
Last stated c. 1930
Holds
Every technological civilisation probably triggers its own planetary climate crisis.
Holds
Civilization may be becoming hyper-fragile through dependence on technologies that are not as reliable as they should be
Holds
Humanity should be wary of answering signals from alien civilisations until it has developed further.
Last stated c. 1996
Holds
Settled civilizations only improve inside a fixed way of doing things; Genghis Khan had no fixed way of thinking, and that is why he could absorb any technology he met.
Holds
A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales.
Holds
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Holds
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Holds
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
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
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Holds
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Holds
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Holds