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Read this korrent: Face-to-face meetings are not inherently better than other forms of communication and can waste time just like anything else.
Face-to-face meetings are not inherently better than other forms of communication and can waste time just like anything else.
Last stated 6 years ago
22 May 2020
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2020-05-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A meeting that wastes everyone's time is a meetings problem, not a communication problem. — tap to centre the map on it
A meeting that wastes everyone's time is a meetings problem, not a communication problem.
Last stated a year ago
5 Jun 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If enough people try, online conferences will eventually be better overall than in-person conferences. — tap to centre the map on it
If enough people try, online conferences will eventually be better overall than in-person conferences.
Last stated 5 months ago
11 Jun 2026
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Eric Schwitzgebel — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Multi-threaded meetings are better than single-threaded meetings. — tap to centre the map on it
Multi-threaded meetings are better than single-threaded meetings.
Last stated 3 years ago
2 Oct 2023
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Shishir Mehrotra — holds since 2023-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Meeting in person changes what world leaders can do with each other, in a way nobody can quite articulate and remote communication has not replaced. — tap to centre the map on it
Meeting in person changes what world leaders can do with each other, in a way nobody can quite articulate and remote communication has not replaced.
Last stated a year ago
5 Jun 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Face-to-face interaction conveys understanding and empathy that text-based communication does not. — tap to centre the map on it
Face-to-face interaction conveys understanding and empathy that text-based communication does not.
Last stated 5 months ago
14 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In-person events are better for good-faith debates and open minds — tap to centre the map on it
In-person events are better for good-faith debates and open minds
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Dec 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Communicating clearly is less about the number of words used and more about focusing on the right ideas and directions. — tap to centre the map on it
Communicating clearly is less about the number of words used and more about focusing on the right ideas and directions.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jan 2024
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Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In-person interaction with coworkers cannot be replaced by remote or asynchronous work. — tap to centre the map on it
In-person interaction with coworkers cannot be replaced by remote or asynchronous work.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Dec 2023
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2023-12-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A radical change in how a person and a team work necessarily hurts productivity, even when remote work is otherwise a productivity boost. — tap to centre the map on it
A radical change in how a person and a team work necessarily hurts productivity, even when remote work is otherwise a productivity boost.
Last stated 7 years ago
17 Mar 2020
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Maxence Poutord — holds since 2020-03-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team's productivity inevitably changes when it moves to remote work. — tap to centre the map on it
A team's productivity inevitably changes when it moves to remote work.
Last stated 7 years ago
15 Mar 2020
MP
Maxence Poutord — holds since 2020-03-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Accessing a pool of remote candidates provides a competitive advantage in the war for talent. — tap to centre the map on it
Accessing a pool of remote candidates provides a competitive advantage in the war for talent.
Last stated 7 years ago
14 Jul 2019
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Steph Smith — holds since 2019-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Companies could gain a competitive advantage by opening their doors to the remote workforce. — tap to centre the map on it
Companies could gain a competitive advantage by opening their doors to the remote workforce.
Last stated 7 years ago
14 Jul 2019
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Steph Smith — holds since 2019-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it
"Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority.
Last stated 7 years ago
19 Nov 2019
JP
Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success
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Gustave Le Bon — holds since c. 1895 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Y Combinator's much-mocked insistence that founders move to San Francisco was, in hindsight, plainly correct. — tap to centre the map on it
Y Combinator's much-mocked insistence that founders move to San Francisco was, in hindsight, plainly correct.
Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it
"Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new approach to forecasting the future should sit between techno-utopianism and dystopian imagery. — tap to centre the map on it
A new approach to forecasting the future should sit between techno-utopianism and dystopian imagery.
Last stated 2 years ago
by 24 Mar 2025
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Amber Case — holds since 2025-03-24 — tap for who they are
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