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← Environments that reward hot takes make it expected that people become conspiracy nuts.
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Read this korrent: Environments that reward hot takes make it expected that people become conspiracy nuts.
Environments that reward hot takes make it expected that people become conspiracy nuts.
Last stated today
14 Sept 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged. — tap to centre the map on it
One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Jul 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even well-informed AI insiders frequently develop something like "AI psychosis" from engaging with these ideas. — tap to centre the map on it
Even well-informed AI insiders frequently develop something like "AI psychosis" from engaging with these ideas.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
31 Aug 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every paradigm-shifting idea began as heresy, so outlandish ideas have to be kept on the table. — tap to centre the map on it
Every paradigm-shifting idea began as heresy, so outlandish ideas have to be kept on the table.
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
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Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The evidence that scrolling social media delivers dopamine hits is not really very strong, whatever the popular story says. — tap to centre the map on it
The evidence that scrolling social media delivers dopamine hits is not really very strong, whatever the popular story says.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject. — tap to centre the map on it
An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject.
Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The volume of generated content arriving is different in kind from the spam the web already had, and we are not prepared for it. — tap to centre the map on it
The volume of generated content arriving is different in kind from the spam the web already had, and we are not prepared for it.
Last stated 4 years ago
31 Dec 2022
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Maggie Appleton — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard. — tap to centre the map on it
Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
17 Aug 2026
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Neither the AI enthusiasts nor the AI sceptics are making it up; both camps are looking at real trends. — tap to centre the map on it
Neither the AI enthusiasts nor the AI sceptics are making it up; both camps are looking at real trends.
Last stated a month ago
12 Aug 2026
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Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it
Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round.
Last stated 11 months ago
30 Sept 2025
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations. — tap to centre the map on it
AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
1 Sept 2026
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
23 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break. — tap to centre the map on it
A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break.
Last stated 7 months ago
17 Feb 2026
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Jon Haidt — holds since 2026-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A purely chronological feed rewards whoever posts most, so publishers drown out the friends it was supposed to show you. — tap to centre the map on it
A purely chronological feed rewards whoever posts most, so publishers drown out the friends it was supposed to show you.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Jul 2026
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Adam Mosseri — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. — tap to centre the map on it
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Last stated 3 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain. — tap to centre the map on it
Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.
Last stated 9 years ago
5 Apr 2017
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Gabor Mate — holds since 2017-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it. — tap to centre the map on it
An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it.
Last stated a year ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
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Environments that reward hot takes make it expected that people become conspiracy nuts.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · today
Holds Sunil Pai
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged.
Last stated 20 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds PB Paul Bloom
Similar wording
Even well-informed AI insiders frequently develop something like "AI psychosis" from engaging with these ideas.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds TC Tyler Cowen
Similar wording
Every paradigm-shifting idea began as heresy, so outlandish ideas have to be kept on the table.
Last stated 30 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds EB Ed Barnhart
Similar wording
The evidence that scrolling social media delivers dopamine hits is not really very strong, whatever the popular story says.
Last stated 24 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds MH Masud Husain
Similar wording
An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject.
Last stated 15 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds ML Michael Lewis
Similar wording
The volume of generated content arriving is different in kind from the spam the web already had, and we are not prepared for it.
Last stated 31 Dec 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds MA Maggie Appleton
Similar wording
Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard.
Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds LF Lawrence Freedman
Similar wording
Neither the AI enthusiasts nor the AI sceptics are making it up; both camps are looking at real trends.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Same subject: motivation
Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds LF Lex Fridman
Same subject: motivation
AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: motivation
AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds SA Scott Alexander
Same subject: social media
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: social media
A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break.
Last stated 17 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds JH Jon Haidt
Same subject: social media
A purely chronological feed rewards whoever posts most, so publishers drown out the friends it was supposed to show you.
Last stated 9 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds AM Adam Mosseri
Same subject: Addiction
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds TF Tony Fadell
Same subject: Addiction
Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.
Last stated 5 Apr 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds GM Gabor Mate
Same subject: Addiction
An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · a year ago
Holds TH ThePrimeagen