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← Humanity invents great works, panics, and desperately tries to wrest them back under control.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 9 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Humanity invents great works, panics, and desperately tries to wrest them back under control. Humanity invents great works, panics, anddesperately tries to wrest them back undercontrol. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Luddites were not ignorant reactionaries but an organized, militant labor movement that understood the threat certain machines posed to their livelihoods when factory bosses used them to drive down wages and exploit child labor — tap to centre the map on it The Luddites were not ignorantreactionaries but an organized,militant labor movement thatunderstood the threat certainmachines posed to their livelihoodswhen factory bosses used them todrive down wages and exploit childlabor Last stated 3 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 BM Brian Merchant — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Subjecting billions of people to bad tools and bad setup rituals robs the world of progress, and the hours lost are real hours. — tap to centre the map on it Subjecting billions of people to badtools and bad setup rituals robs theworld of progress, and the hourslost are real hours. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Habits of mind and institutions suited to an era of superabundance have not yet been built, and reflexes formed under scarcity misfire badly in it. — tap to centre the map on it Habits of mind and institutionssuited to an era of superabundancehave not yet been built, andreflexes formed under scarcitymisfire badly in it. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are amazing in part because their minds are such a complicated mess. — tap to centre the map on it Humans are amazing in part becausetheir minds are such a complicatedmess. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men — tap to centre the map on it The slave trade hardens the peoplewho deal in it; slave dealers arenot born worse than other men Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: We face philosophical bankruptcy: technology gives the means to create heaven or hell but philosophers cannot yet picture them — tap to centre the map on it We face philosophical bankruptcy:technology gives the means to createheaven or hell but philosopherscannot yet picture them Last stated 7 years ago 23 Jan 2020 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2020-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: The design of much of civilization requires people to be psychologically and emotionally mutilated to interface with it. — tap to centre the map on it The design of much of civilizationrequires people to bepsychologically and emotionallymutilated to interface with it. Last stated 2 years ago 22 May 2024 VV Visakan Veerasamy — holds since 2024-05-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. — tap to centre the map on it AI represents the largest change tosociety in a very long time, perhapsever. Last stated 7 months ago 10 Apr 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are
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