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Read this korrent: Every scientific field eventually exhausts itself: progress within a paradigm follows an S-curve and then runs out.
Every scientific field eventually exhausts itself: progress within a paradigm follows an S-curve and then runs out.
Last stated 6 years ago
20 Jun 2020
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José Luis Ricón — holds since 2020-06-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Marketing channels do not settle onto a plateau; after the S-curve they sag, which is why the shape is an elephant and not an S. — tap to centre the map on it
Marketing channels do not settle onto a plateau; after the S-curve they sag, which is why the shape is an elephant and not an S.
Last stated 7 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An exponential feels like it cannot possibly keep going, which is exactly why people keep expecting AI progress to stop. — tap to centre the map on it
An exponential feels like it cannot possibly keep going, which is exactly why people keep expecting AI progress to stop.
Last stated 3 months ago
10 Jun 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The simple work gets automated away, but the hard sciences and the places where they intersect never will. — tap to centre the map on it
The simple work gets automated away, but the hard sciences and the places where they intersect never will.
Last stated a month ago
26 Jul 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The thing worth finding is the exponential with the steepest curve that will run the longest — decades ago that was Moore’s law, and today it is AI progress. — tap to centre the map on it
The thing worth finding is the exponential with the steepest curve that will run the longest — decades ago that was Moore’s law, and today it is AI progress.
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
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Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The scaling curve really is S-shaped, but there are at least two cycles left in it, which means models sixteen times smarter and all knowledge work subsumed. — tap to centre the map on it
The scaling curve really is S-shaped, but there are at least two cycles left in it, which means models sixteen times smarter and all knowledge work subsumed.
Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Progress is not driven mainly by material resources, so running out of them is not what would stop it. — tap to centre the map on it
Progress is not driven mainly by material resources, so running out of them is not what would stop it.
Last stated 6 years ago
12 Sept 2020
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Jason Crawford — holds since 2020-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: String theory, the leading candidate for decades, is slowly going out of fashion because it is not matching experiment. — tap to centre the map on it
String theory, the leading candidate for decades, is slowly going out of fashion because it is not matching experiment.
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Purely digital progress runs out: to keep learning, the machines will have to run experiments and ask the universe questions. — tap to centre the map on it
Purely digital progress runs out: to keep learning, the machines will have to run experiments and ask the universe questions.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid. — tap to centre the map on it
"The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
25 Aug 2026
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Arielle Schwartz — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones.
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: Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong.
Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI could compete with human mathematicians once it acquires a mathematical sense of smell: knowing which way of splitting a problem makes it easier rather than harder. — tap to centre the map on it
AI could compete with human mathematicians once it acquires a mathematical sense of smell: knowing which way of splitting a problem makes it easier rather than harder.
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI in chess and mathematics does not explain anything; it says which position is better, and humans build the theory from that. — tap to centre the map on it
AI in chess and mathematics does not explain anything; it says which position is better, and humans build the theory from that.
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will transform how scientific discovery is done, and within two or three years a working scientist's job will already look dramatically different. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will transform how scientific discovery is done, and within two or three years a working scientist's job will already look dramatically different.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Michael Kratsios — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out. — tap to centre the map on it
About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Jul 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them.
Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
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Every scientific field eventually exhausts itself: progress within a paradigm follows an S-curve and then runs out.
Last stated 20 Jun 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds JR José Luis Ricón
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Marketing channels do not settle onto a plateau; after the S-curve they sag, which is why the shape is an elephant and not an S.
Last stated 25 Jan 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds JC Jason Cohen
Similar wording
An exponential feels like it cannot possibly keep going, which is exactly why people keep expecting AI progress to stop.
Last stated 10 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds MZ Mark Zuckerberg
Similar wording
The simple work gets automated away, but the hard sciences and the places where they intersect never will.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds JH Jensen Huang
Similar wording
The thing worth finding is the exponential with the steepest curve that will run the longest — decades ago that was Moore’s law, and today it is AI progress.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds AW Alexandr Wang
Similar wording
The scaling curve really is S-shaped, but there are at least two cycles left in it, which means models sixteen times smarter and all knowledge work subsumed.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds SY Steve Yegge
Similar wording
Progress is not driven mainly by material resources, so running out of them is not what would stop it.
Last stated 12 Sept 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds JC Jason Crawford
Similar wording
String theory, the leading candidate for decades, is slowly going out of fashion because it is not matching experiment.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Similar wording
Purely digital progress runs out: to keep learning, the machines will have to run experiments and ask the universe questions.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: Trauma
"The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid.
Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds AS Arielle Schwartz
Same subject: Trauma
Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones.
Last stated 5 Apr 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds GM Gabor Mate
Same subject: Trauma
Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong.
Last stated 8 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds DR David Reich
Same subject: AI and science
AI could compete with human mathematicians once it acquires a mathematical sense of smell: knowing which way of splitting a problem makes it easier rather than harder.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Same subject: AI and science
AI in chess and mathematics does not explain anything; it says which position is better, and humans build the theory from that.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds LF Lex Fridman
Same subject: AI and science
AI will transform how scientific discovery is done, and within two or three years a working scientist's job will already look dramatically different.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds MK Michael Kratsios
Same subject: venture capital
A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: venture capital
About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out.
Last stated 18 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Same subject: venture capital
AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds LT Lip-Bu Tan