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← Humans think in stories rather than facts, and the simpler the story the better

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 14 Feb 1776 to 21 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under CBT CBT Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under journalism journalism 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: Humans think in stories rather than facts, and the simpler the story the better Humans think in stories rather than facts,and the simpler the story the better YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are currently better at finding surprising and conceptual mathematical arguments. — tap to centre the map on it Humans are currently better atfinding surprising and conceptualmathematical arguments. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 TG Timothy Gowers — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human experts think differently and better than LLMs. — tap to centre the map on it Human experts think differently andbetter than LLMs. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 ES Eric Schwitzgebel — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: How you think matters even more than what you think — tap to centre the map on it How you think matters even more thanwhat you think Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jun 2016 AG Atul Gawande — holds since 2016-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Other people's mistakes are easier to recognize than our own — tap to centre the map on it Other people's mistakes are easierto recognize than our own DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since c. 2011 — 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 reasondoes Last stated 251 years ago 14 Feb 1776 TP Thomas Paine — holds since 1776-02-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether or not the world is getting worse, the nature of news makes people think it is — tap to centre the map on it Whether or not the world is gettingworse, the nature of news makespeople think it is Last stated 9 years ago 17 Feb 2018 SP Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-17 — 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 andunderstanding of the people makingdecisions, the better the productsprobably are. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 KS Karri Saarinen — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are largely better at doing than at thinking, thanks to antifragility — tap to centre the map on it We are largely better at doing thanat thinking, thanks to antifragility NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2012 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it "Evidence-based therapy" is abranding term rather than ascientific one, and in practice itis a code word for "notpsychodynamic". Last stated 13 years ago 2 Oct 2013 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it A therapy is only shown to be moreeffective if it is compared againstanother treatment intended to help,not against a control nobodyexpected to work. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Sept 2024 SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it Action comes before motivation: youdo first and feel afterwards, notthe other way round. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently stating a false fact. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Humans think in stories rather than facts, and the simpler the story the better Last stated c. 2018–2019 Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →