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curiosity Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: If a good idea is given to a mediocre team, they will fail, but a mediocre idea given to a great team will be fixed or replaced with something that works. If a good idea is given to a mediocre team, they will fail, but a mediocre idea given to a great team will be fixed or replaced with something that works. Last stated 18 years ago
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Ben Fry — holds since 2008-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: New ideas usually fail outright or require drastic changes before they can succeed. — tap to centre the map on it New ideas usually fail outright or require drastic changes before they can succeed. Last stated 2 years ago
9 Aug 2024
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Steve Coast — holds since 2024-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Teams work better when individuals create ideas first and then the team produces the good ideas. — tap to centre the map on it Teams work better when individuals create ideas first and then the team produces the good ideas. Last stated 12 years ago
5 Apr 2015
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Zed Shaw — holds since 2015-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team of all the same people who are good at the same thing is not going to help deliver the best product experience. — tap to centre the map on it A team of all the same people who are good at the same thing is not going to help deliver the best product experience. Last stated 6 months ago
28 Apr 2026
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Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The genuinely new idea in a product will probably fail; its job is to give people a reason to try the product at all. — tap to centre the map on it The genuinely new idea in a product will probably fail; its job is to give people a reason to try the product at all. Last stated 5 months ago
14 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good teams keep asking what could make something better and how it could be different, but not just for difference's sake. — tap to centre the map on it Good teams keep asking what could make something better and how it could be different, but not just for difference's sake. Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
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Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Fixing an understaffed team by moving people off other teams does not work, because people are not fungible and the argument inevitably turns political. — tap to centre the map on it Fixing an understaffed team by moving people off other teams does not work, because people are not fungible and the argument inevitably turns political. Last stated 8 years ago
17 Jun 2018
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-06-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team will always make everything better; working with other people to challenge assumptions and contribute ideas is needed. — tap to centre the map on it A team will always make everything better; working with other people to challenge assumptions and contribute ideas is needed. Last stated 6 months ago
28 Apr 2026
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Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — 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 9 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 business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer who is not a designated leader can get leaned on by building an internal tool for a cross-functional need, such as one design needed by marketing. — tap to centre the map on it A designer who is not a designated leader can get leaned on by building an internal tool for a cross-functional need, such as one design needed by marketing. Last stated 5 months ago
19 May 2026
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Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — 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 is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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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 not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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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 for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are