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Read this korrent: Elections are won by candidates, not by superior campaign technology.
Elections are won by candidates, not by superior campaign technology.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Aug 2026
HR
Harper Reed — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Incumbents have looked unbeatable at the start of every previous platform shift and have still lost. — tap to centre the map on it
Incumbents have looked unbeatable at the start of every previous platform shift and have still lost.
Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
BE
Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technology cannot let people escape politics, because politics arises from the existence of people who disagree with each other. — tap to centre the map on it
Technology cannot let people escape politics, because politics arises from the existence of people who disagree with each other.
Last stated 4 months ago
12 Jul 2026
BS
Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics. — tap to centre the map on it
AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics.
Last stated 3 months ago
11 Aug 2026
RG
Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Massive campaign spending has limited effect on election outcomes in a lopsided political environment. — tap to centre the map on it
Massive campaign spending has limited effect on election outcomes in a lopsided political environment.
Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
JM
Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Incumbents are unseated by a fundamentally different product, never by better features or better marketing. — tap to centre the map on it
Incumbents are unseated by a fundamentally different product, never by better features or better marketing.
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
TF
Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A powerful new technology that benefits only part of society is inherently politically destabilizing. — tap to centre the map on it
A powerful new technology that benefits only part of society is inherently politically destabilizing.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We are in a deadly race between politics and technology; the future will be much better or much worse, and it is still open. — tap to centre the map on it
We are in a deadly race between politics and technology; the future will be much better or much worse, and it is still open.
Last stated 18 years ago
13 Apr 2009
PT
Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — 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
AT
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
CD
Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — 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
LM
Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 4 months ago
22 Jun 2026
AG
Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity. — tap to centre the map on it
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Aug 2026
NP
Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it
Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch
Last stated 2 years ago
13 Nov 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI makes building faster and cheaper, choosing the right thing to build matters more than ever, because a competitor will get it right if you don't. — tap to centre the map on it
As AI makes building faster and cheaper, choosing the right thing to build matters more than ever, because a competitor will get it right if you don't.
Last stated a year ago
18 Jul 2025
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Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Before product-market fit, coding faster does not help: it is better to think a lot than to swing a lot, and AI does not speed up the thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
Before product-market fit, coding faster does not help: it is better to think a lot than to swing a lot, and AI does not speed up the thinking.
Last stated 5 months ago
27 May 2026
DR
Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being the domain expert on your own needs doesn't make you the expert on how to address those needs. — tap to centre the map on it
Being the domain expert on your own needs doesn't make you the expert on how to address those needs.
Last stated a month ago
25 Sept 2026
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
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At the centre
Elections are won by candidates, not by superior campaign technology.
Last stated 15 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Harper Reed
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Similar wording
Incumbents have looked unbeatable at the start of every previous platform shift and have still lost.
Last stated 2 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Benedict Evans
Similar wording
Technology cannot let people escape politics, because politics arises from the existence of people who disagree with each other.
Last stated 12 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Balaji Srinivasan
Similar wording
AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Ryan Greenblatt
Similar wording
Massive campaign spending has limited effect on election outcomes in a lopsided political environment.
Last stated 23 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Josh Marshall
Similar wording
Incumbents are unseated by a fundamentally different product, never by better features or better marketing.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Tony Fadell
Similar wording
A powerful new technology that benefits only part of society is inherently politically destabilizing.
Last stated 9 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Nathan Lambert
Similar wording
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Daniel W. Drezner
Similar wording
We are in a deadly race between politics and technology; the future will be much better or much worse, and it is still open.
Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 18 years ago
Holds Peter Thiel
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: ideas vs execution
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 29 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Charlie Deets
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Lincoln Michel
Same subject: creativity
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 22 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Adam Grant
Same subject: creativity
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 4 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Nate Parrott
Same subject: creativity
Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch
Last stated 13 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: product management
As AI makes building faster and cheaper, choosing the right thing to build matters more than ever, because a competitor will get it right if you don't.
Last stated 18 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Jason Evanish
Same subject: product management
Before product-market fit, coding faster does not help: it is better to think a lot than to swing a lot, and AI does not speed up the thinking.
Last stated 27 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Dax Raad
Same subject: product management
Being the domain expert on your own needs doesn't make you the expert on how to address those needs.
Last stated 25 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Cory Doctorow