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Read this korrent: Good storytelling doesn't require inventing something entirely new; it can be built from existing material.
Good storytelling doesn't require inventing something entirely new; it can be built from existing material.
Last stated 2 years ago
29 Jan 2025
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Ken Norton — holds since 2025-01-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Stories are always deliberately constructed by their author, not something that emerges on its own. — tap to centre the map on it
Stories are always deliberately constructed by their author, not something that emerges on its own.
Last stated 4 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Great storytelling skill comes from immersion in the liberal arts, not from corporate media training. — tap to centre the map on it
Great storytelling skill comes from immersion in the liberal arts, not from corporate media training.
Last stated 2 years ago
29 Jan 2025
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Ken Norton — holds since 2025-01-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. — tap to centre the map on it
A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Aug 2026
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Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks. — tap to centre the map on it
Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks.
Last stated 5 months ago
28 May 2026
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Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Things that feel more original come from multiple perspectives, with friction and pushback, which humans provide and LLMs are not that good at. — tap to centre the map on it
Things that feel more original come from multiple perspectives, with friction and pushback, which humans provide and LLMs are not that good at.
Last stated 4 months ago
21 Jul 2026
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Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Entertainment without humans at the heart of it does not work: storytelling is a scarce human skill, and characters without that humanity are less compelling. — tap to centre the map on it
Entertainment without humans at the heart of it does not work: storytelling is a scarce human skill, and characters without that humanity are less compelling.
Last stated 4 months ago
19 Jul 2026
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Elizabeth Stone — holds since 2026-07-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A work does not have to be unlike everything before it to be worth making; what makes it new is that this particular person made it. — tap to centre the map on it
A work does not have to be unlike everything before it to be worth making; what makes it new is that this particular person made it.
Last stated 4 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
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Nick Cave — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The way to build excitement for an idea is still to make a really compelling prototype and tell a story, and that is much easier now. — tap to centre the map on it
The way to build excitement for an idea is still to make a really compelling prototype and tell a story, and that is much easier now.
Last stated 6 months ago
12 May 2026
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Katarina Batina — holds since 2026-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use. — tap to centre the map on it
A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use.
Last stated 5 months ago
1 Jun 2026
NH
Nick Harkaway — holds since 2026-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters — tap to centre the map on it
A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters
Last stated 3 years ago
8 Jul 2023
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Douglas Hofstadter — holds since 2023-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI — tap to centre the map on it
A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI
Last stated 3 weeks ago
19 Oct 2026
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Troy Hunt — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A job that consists of approving AI output has no flow channel at all, because the challenge has been exported to the machine and only the vigilance remains. — tap to centre the map on it
A job that consists of approving AI output has no flow channel at all, because the challenge has been exported to the machine and only the vigilance remains.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
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Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2026-10-21 — 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
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Good storytelling doesn't require inventing something entirely new; it can be built from existing material.
Last stated 29 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Ken Norton
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Similar wording
Stories are always deliberately constructed by their author, not something that emerges on its own.
Last stated 1 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Lincoln Michel
Similar wording
Great storytelling skill comes from immersion in the liberal arts, not from corporate media training.
Last stated 29 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Ken Norton
Similar wording
A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it.
Last stated 30 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Eliot Peper
Similar wording
Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks.
Last stated 28 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Jacob Falkovich
Similar wording
Things that feel more original come from multiple perspectives, with friction and pushback, which humans provide and LLMs are not that good at.
Last stated 21 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Pablo Stanley
Similar wording
Entertainment without humans at the heart of it does not work: storytelling is a scarce human skill, and characters without that humanity are less compelling.
Last stated 19 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Elizabeth Stone
Similar wording
A work does not have to be unlike everything before it to be worth making; what makes it new is that this particular person made it.
Last stated 29 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Ted Chiang Nick Cave
Similar wording
The way to build excitement for an idea is still to make a really compelling prototype and tell a story, and that is much easier now.
Last stated 12 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Katarina Batina
Same subject: AI writing
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Molly Graham
Same subject: AI writing
A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use.
Last stated 1 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Nick Harkaway
Same subject: AI writing
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Grant Sanderson
Same subject: AI and human skill
A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters
Last stated 8 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Douglas Hofstadter
Same subject: AI and human skill
A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI
Last stated 19 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Troy Hunt
Same subject: AI and human skill
A job that consists of approving AI output has no flow channel at all, because the challenge has been exported to the machine and only the vigilance remains.
Last stated 21 Oct 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Jakob Nielsen
Same subject: taste
A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen.
Last stated 3 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Devoney Looser
Same subject: taste
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 21 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Brandon Jacoby
Same subject: taste
A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship.
Last stated 13 Aug 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Seth Dickinson