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← For a decade, pleasure has been missing from young writers' work, even work that renders misery beautifully.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 30 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under design design Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under taste taste Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: For a decade, pleasure has been missing from young writers' work, even work that renders misery beautifully. For a decade, pleasure has been missingfrom young writers' work, even work thatrenders misery beautifully. Last stated yesterday 30 Oct 2026 GS Gary Shteyngart — holds since 2026-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is harder for a writer to portray happiness meaningfully than to portray suffering. — tap to centre the map on it It is harder for a writer to portrayhappiness meaningfully than toportray suffering. Last stated a year ago 20 Jun 2025 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2025-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Desire and the making of art draw on the same faculty, and neither dries up with age. — tap to centre the map on it Desire and the making of art draw onthe same faculty, and neither driesup with age. Last stated 7 years ago 31 May 2019 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2019-05-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creative work should feel liberating and produce order and beauty from incoherent parts. — tap to centre the map on it Creative work should feel liberatingand produce order and beauty fromincoherent parts. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Aug 2020 MT Ming Thein — holds since 2020-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Work has become more enjoyable for the millennial generation, even as the belief that meaningful work requires suffering has gone largely unquestioned. — tap to centre the map on it Work has become more enjoyable forthe millennial generation, even asthe belief that meaningful workrequires suffering has gone largelyunquestioned. Last stated 7 months ago 28 Mar 2026 PM Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The price of progress in civilization is paid in lost happiness, through a heightened sense of guilt — tap to centre the map on it The price of progress incivilization is paid in losthappiness, through a heightenedsense of guilt SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a misconception that artists must be miserable to make good art — tap to centre the map on it It is a misconception that artistsmust be miserable to make good art Last stated 8 years ago 6 Mar 2019 TS Taylor Swift — holds since 2019-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before. — tap to centre the map on it Now that AI can produce competentgeneric prose, writing that isn'tdistinctively personal has becomeless valuable than before. Last stated 4 months ago 28 Jun 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The present age is destroying the beautiful in life — tap to centre the map on it The present age is destroying thebeautiful in life OK Okakura Kakuzō — holds since c. 1906 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
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