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Read this korrent: Companies that gain control over people's computing facilities have historically used that power to build malicious functionality benefiting themselves into the software they distribute
Companies that gain control over people's computing facilities have historically used that power to build malicious functionality benefiting themselves into the software they distribute
Last stated 4 days ago
17 Sept 2026
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Richard Stallman — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Dominant companies shape not just their users' choices but the imagination of people actively trying to resist them. — tap to centre the map on it
Dominant companies shape not just their users' choices but the imagination of people actively trying to resist them.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 Apr 2026
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Phil Hagelberg — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The buildout of AI data centers is part of a broader extension of oligarchic control over people's lives. — tap to centre the map on it
The buildout of AI data centers is part of a broader extension of oligarchic control over people's lives.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
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Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People do not want to run their own servers and never will, so a system has to distribute trust without distributing infrastructure. — tap to centre the map on it
People do not want to run their own servers and never will, so a system has to distribute trust without distributing infrastructure.
Last stated 5 years ago
7 Jan 2022
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Moxie Marlinspike — holds since 2022-01-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The executives building addictive platforms know what the harm is and build them anyway. — tap to centre the map on it
The executives building addictive platforms know what the harm is and build them anyway.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Feb 2024
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Ted Gioia — holds since 2024-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-developing companies cannot be trusted to protect the public from the dangers of their own systems — tap to centre the map on it
AI-developing companies cannot be trusted to protect the public from the dangers of their own systems
Last stated 4 days ago
17 Sept 2026
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Richard Stallman — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Engineers are in the reputation-building business, and software is downstream of that. — tap to centre the map on it
Engineers are in the reputation-building business, and software is downstream of that.
Last stated 2 days ago
19 Sept 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The ideas in software originate with humans; agents build what people tell them to build. — tap to centre the map on it
The ideas in software originate with humans; agents build what people tell them to build.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — no longer holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does.
Last stated 11 months ago
11 Oct 2025
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Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it
"Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it
A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — 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 4 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it
A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
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Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone on record holding the claim — tap it for who they are faded, dashed ring: they no longer hold it — they changed their mind