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13 connected korrents · 13 moments from 13 Aug 2023 to 27 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about design .
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Read this korrent: Fully revealing a mystery-box show's central plot often disappoints viewers, flattening everything that happened before it.
Fully revealing a mystery-box show's central plot often disappoints viewers, flattening everything that happened before it.
Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: For a mystery-box TV show to work, its world-building must be imaginative and believable and its characters compelling. — tap to centre the map on it
For a mystery-box TV show to work, its world-building must be imaginative and believable and its characters compelling.
Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience. — tap to centre the map on it
A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience.
Last stated 12 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The thriller Deceived fails largely because its script and direction aren't up to its plot's complexity. — tap to centre the map on it
The thriller Deceived fails largely because its script and direction aren't up to its plot's complexity.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A rabbit hole left unsolved during shaping is a time bomb that can churn the project. — tap to centre the map on it
A rabbit hole left unsolved during shaping is a time bomb that can churn the project.
Last stated a year ago
28 Oct 2025
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Ryan Singer — holds since 2025-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen. — tap to centre the map on it
A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen.
Last stated 2 years ago
3 Aug 2024
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Devoney Looser — holds since 2024-08-03 — 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 delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 7 months ago
21 Apr 2026
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Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship. — tap to centre the map on it
A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship.
Last stated 3 years ago
13 Aug 2023
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Seth Dickinson — holds since 2023-08-13 — 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 graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good popular history book should prioritize narrative over academic minutiae. — tap to centre the map on it
A good popular history book should prioritize narrative over academic minutiae.
Last stated 10 months ago
25 Dec 2025
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Patrick Wyman — holds since 2025-12-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good story needs a clear beginning, middle, and end to be satisfying. — tap to centre the map on it
A good story needs a clear beginning, middle, and end to be satisfying.
Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
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Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill is basically a prompt, sometimes a large one, more like a style guide: the best practice for taste, which font to use, and how to guide AI not to create AI slop. — tap to centre the map on it
A skill is basically a prompt, sometimes a large one, more like a style guide: the best practice for taste, which font to use, and how to guide AI not to create AI slop.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Meng To — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models default to generic, lowest-common-denominator output unless a user actively pushes back against them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI models default to generic, lowest-common-denominator output unless a user actively pushes back against them.
Last stated 4 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Mass-produced AI-generated podcast shows are not a major threat to podcasting because listeners do not like them. — tap to centre the map on it
Mass-produced AI-generated podcast shows are not a major threat to podcasting because listeners do not like them.
Last stated 4 months ago
25 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-25 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are