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← If anything can ever make people wiser and more ingenious, it is probably to be found in medicine

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 8 Jun 1637 to 10 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under education education Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: If anything can ever make people wiser and more ingenious, it is probably to be found in medicine If anything can ever make people wiser andmore ingenious, it is probably to be foundin medicine Last stated 389 years ago 8 Jun 1637 RD René Descartes — holds since 1637-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A practical science of nature's forces could make humans the lords and possessors of nature — tap to centre the map on it A practical science of nature'sforces could make humans the lordsand possessors of nature Last stated 389 years ago 8 Jun 1637 RD René Descartes — holds since 1637-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim — tap to centre the map on it Nature made people so equal in bodyand mind that no one can claim abenefit another cannot also claim TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: Refusing new remedies invites new evils, because time itself is the greatest innovator — tap to centre the map on it Refusing new remedies invites newevils, because time itself is thegreatest innovator FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human nature is too varied to accept constraint on its creativity — tap to centre the map on it Human nature is too varied to acceptconstraint on its creativity Last stated 3 years ago 7 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system capable of superhuman invention would fundamentally and unpredictably alter the world's balance of power, rather than simply serving individual empowerment. — tap to centre the map on it A system capable of superhumaninvention would fundamentally andunpredictably alter the world'sbalance of power, rather than simplyserving individual empowerment. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Modern society has become so good at optimising everything that it risks optimising away serendipity, which is a real cost and not a sentimental one. — tap to centre the map on it Modern society has become so good atoptimising everything that it risksoptimising away serendipity, whichis a real cost and not a sentimentalone. Last stated 6 months ago 20 Mar 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best days of medicine are still ahead, but only if people choose to make them happen. — tap to centre the map on it The best days of medicine are stillahead, but only if people choose tomake them happen. Last stated 9 months ago 28 Dec 2025 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it A dense-looking building does not byitself create a livable dense suburbwithout supporting schools andshops. Last stated 8 years ago 2 Jun 2018 FS Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lack of education makes women's talk insipid and their solitude unbearable; learning is necessary to make them useful company — tap to centre the map on it A lack of education makes women'stalk insipid and their solitudeunbearable; learning is necessary tomake them useful company MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI has lowered the barrier enough that non-technical people with strong ideas, taste, and cultural awareness can build successful businesses. — tap to centre the map on it AI has lowered the barrier enoughthat non-technical people withstrong ideas, taste, and culturalawareness can build successfulbusinesses. Last stated 4 weeks ago 7 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI progress is jagged: models are becoming superhuman at math and software engineering while remaining far weaker at intuition, creativity, and other forms of human reasoning. — tap to centre the map on it AI progress is jagged: models arebecoming superhuman at math andsoftware engineering while remainingfar weaker at intuition, creativity,and other forms of human reasoning. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-10 — 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 9 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 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learnswhat a machine needs the wholeinternet of cat photos for, by alearning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre If anything can ever make people wiser and more ingenious, it is probably to be found in medicine Last stated 8 Jun 1637 · 389 years ago Holds René Descartes Read this korrent →