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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under LLMs LLMs In tensionSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Experts should supply the facts and leave the methods to the people affected: a community will trust and implement a solution it chose itself, even one identical to the expert's. Experts should supply the facts and leavethe methods to the people affected: acommunity will trust and implement asolution it chose itself, even oneidentical to the expert's. Last stated 7 years ago 23 Jul 2019 DN Don Norman — holds since 2019-07-23 — tap for who they are In tension: Good design requires a dictator: design by committee is a synonym for bad design, because a design has to be all of a piece. — tap to centre the map on it Good design requires a dictator:design by committee is a synonym forbad design, because a design has tobe all of a piece. Last stated 24 years ago 1 Jan 2003 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2003-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: On human problems science should not be overestimated, and experts are not the only ones entitled to speak on how society is organised — tap to centre the map on it On human problems science should notbe overestimated, and experts arenot the only ones entitled to speakon how society is organised AE Albert Einstein — holds since c. 1949 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI works best when it solves a specific problem for a particular community rather than trying to be all things to all people. — tap to centre the map on it AI works best when it solves aspecific problem for a particularcommunity rather than trying to beall things to all people. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Apr 2026 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should trust science with epidemics but still face our own mortality ourselves — tap to centre the map on it We should trust science withepidemics but still face our ownmortality ourselves Last stated 7 years ago 20 Apr 2020 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2020-04-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: People persist with the method they enjoy rather than the one that is supposed to be best, and that is what decides the outcome. — tap to centre the map on it People persist with the method theyenjoy rather than the one that issupposed to be best, and that iswhat decides the outcome. Last stated 6 years ago 9 Sept 2020 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: If people who have disagreed in the past agree about something, it is probably true, which is why Community Notes works. — tap to centre the map on it If people who have disagreed in thepast agree about something, it isprobably true, which is whyCommunity Notes works. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The real test of AGI is handing the system to a few hundred of the world's top experts and finding that none of them can locate an obvious flaw. — tap to centre the map on it The real test of AGI is handing thesystem to a few hundred of theworld's top experts and finding thatnone of them can locate an obviousflaw. Last stated a year ago 23 Jul 2025 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Scientists should give all the information others need to judge their work, not just what points one way — tap to centre the map on it Scientists should give all theinformation others need to judgetheir work, not just what points oneway RF Richard Feynman — holds since c. 1974 — tap for who they are Same subject: Changing societal outcomes requires changing minds, and the credibility many diverse co-authors lend to a conclusion is hard to replicate with AI. — tap to centre the map on it Changing societal outcomes requireschanging minds, and the credibilitymany diverse co-authors lend to aconclusion is hard to replicate withAI. Last stated a year ago 27 Aug 2025 MB Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-08-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 3 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Experts should supply the facts and leave the methods to the people affected: a community will trust and implement a solution it chose itself, even one identical to the expert's. Last stated 23 Jul 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Don Norman Read this korrent →