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← How you think matters even more than what you think
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Read this korrent: How you think matters even more than what you think
How you think matters even more than what you think
Last stated 10 years ago
10 Jun 2016
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Atul Gawande — holds since 2016-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you extol reason, what matters is the integrity of the thoughts, not the personalities of the thinkers — tap to centre the map on it
If you extol reason, what matters is the integrity of the thoughts, not the personalities of the thinkers
Last stated 9 years ago
11 Feb 2018
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Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Thinking harder about a decision has diminishing returns because reality is inherently unknowable. — tap to centre the map on it
Thinking harder about a decision has diminishing returns because reality is inherently unknowable.
Last stated 5 years ago
22 Feb 2022
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Neel Nanda — holds since 2022-02-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Systems thinking is becoming more and more important for designers. — tap to centre the map on it
Systems thinking is becoming more and more important for designers.
Last stated 2 months ago
16 Aug 2026
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Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People are more likely to listen to those with experience — tap to centre the map on it
People are more likely to listen to those with experience
Last stated 4 years ago
8 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Character is higher than intellect — tap to centre the map on it
Character is higher than intellect
Last stated 189 years ago
31 Aug 1837
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Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The better the context and understanding of the people making decisions, the better the products probably are. — tap to centre the map on it
The better the context and understanding of the people making decisions, the better the products probably are.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Karri Saarinen — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People tend to think they understand the future better than they actually do — tap to centre the map on it
People tend to think they understand the future better than they actually do
Last stated 4 years ago
3 Mar 2023
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Michael Mauboussin — holds since 2023-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Time changes more minds than reason does — tap to centre the map on it
Time changes more minds than reason does
Last stated 251 years ago
14 Feb 1776
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Thomas Paine — holds since 1776-02-14 — 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're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 8 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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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 closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — 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: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it
A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it.
Last stated 10 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
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Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
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Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. — tap to centre the map on it
A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis.
Last stated 9 years ago
22 Feb 2018
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Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — 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 1776 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are