17 connected korrents · 15 moments on record from 29 Jul 2021 to 31 Aug 2026.
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Grit, fast learning and self-awareness are enough to get good at anything eventually, and whenever somebody is not working out, one of the three is missing.
Last stated 9 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds AMAdam Mosseri
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Doing your best at a bad job is not for the boss: it is how the warm referral that gets the next job is earned, and slacking there cheats only yourself.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
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David Heinemeier Hansson
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Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds LFLex Fridman
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Being pissed off is what makes an entrepreneur good, and getting used to adversity dulls the edge that comes with it.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds TKTravis Kalanick
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If you are not willing to try hard, do things yourself and dig deeper, you should know what you are getting yourself into before betting a career on tech.
Last stated 24 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
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Learning cannot happen in flow, because getting better at a skill means working beyond the level at which you can express it.
Last stated 20 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds TWTommy Wood
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The valuable skill is stopping and recovering while the work is still unfinished, not the capacity to push yourself harder.
Last stated by 29 Jul 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds OBOliver Burkeman
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Self-play as it was done in the past is too narrow: it only ever develops a small set of skills like negotiation and strategising.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds ISIlya Sutskever
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Learning a new skill set requires crossing a moat of low status, and the willingness to be visibly bad in public is itself the advantage.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds CHCate Hall
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Same subject: family
Children develop by struggling and failing on the road to success while a caring adult supports them, and school should be running that loop all day instead of leaving it to after-school sports.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds JLJoe Liemandt
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Same subject: family
Creating life with another human you love is the peak experience of being on the planet.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
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David Heinemeier Hansson
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Same subject: family
Disputes about phones, homework and childhood are disputes about values, and more data will not settle them.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds PBPaul Bloom
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Same subject: hiring
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Last stated 17 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds CMCharity Majors
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Same subject: hiring
A company should always have as few employees as possible, and hiring is the lever a leader reaches for last rather than first.
Last stated 17 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds CMCharity Majors
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Same subject: hiring
A company should hire a product manager only against a specific need, never by default.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds TVTom Verrilli
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Same subject: AI and jobs
A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
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David Heinemeier Hansson
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Same subject: AI and jobs
A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds AIAlex Imas
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Same subject: AI and jobs
AI could displace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years, even while it accelerates economic growth.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds DADario Amodei