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6 Sept 2026
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Phillips P. OBrien — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard. — tap to centre the map on it Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard. Last stated 3 weeks ago
17 Aug 2026
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Generalship and bravery can move the Second World War by months, but it was a war of numbers, and past a certain point its outcome was already inevitable. — tap to centre the map on it Generalship and bravery can move the Second World War by months, but it was a war of numbers, and past a certain point its outcome was already inevitable. Last stated a year ago
24 May 2025
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James Holland — holds since 2025-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Whatever a state thinks it will gain by sending soldiers is inferior to what it would have got from sending diplomats and lawyers. — tap to centre the map on it Whatever a state thinks it will gain by sending soldiers is inferior to what it would have got from sending diplomats and lawyers. Last stated 3 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It was not the street fighting in Stalingrad that destroyed the German Sixth Army, it was the encirclement that followed. — tap to centre the map on it It was not the street fighting in Stalingrad that destroyed the German Sixth Army, it was the encirclement that followed. Last stated a year ago
24 May 2025
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James Holland — holds since 2025-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Trying to hold escalation down in Ukraine did not contain the war; it lengthened it and made it worse. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to hold escalation down in Ukraine did not contain the war; it lengthened it and made it worse. Last stated yesterday
6 Sept 2026
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Phillips P. OBrien — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The war in Ukraine will prove as historically significant in its outcome as the First World War was. — tap to centre the map on it The war in Ukraine will prove as historically significant in its outcome as the First World War was. Last stated 3 months ago
13 Jun 2026
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Timothy Snyder — holds since 2026-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The only measure of whether fighting a terrorist group is working is whether you are creating more members than you kill. — tap to centre the map on it The only measure of whether fighting a terrorist group is working is whether you are creating more members than you kill. Last stated 3 years ago
9 Nov 2023
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Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. — tap to centre the map on it Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. Last stated 5 years ago
2 Feb 2022
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American ICBMs do not have the range to reach North Korea without flying over Russia, which is the flaw that turns a limited counterattack into Armageddon. — tap to centre the map on it American ICBMs do not have the range to reach North Korea without flying over Russia, which is the flaw that turns a limited counterattack into Armageddon. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American missile defence is a fiction: 44 interceptors that work about half the time cannot answer the 1,670 warheads Russia has deployed. — tap to centre the map on it American missile defence is a fiction: 44 interceptors that work about half the time cannot answer the 1,670 warheads Russia has deployed. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago
10 Sept 2025
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Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
At the centre
In war the length of the fighting matters far more than its ferocity.
Holds PO Phillips P. OBrienRead this korrent →
Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard.
Holds LF Lawrence Freedman
Generalship and bravery can move the Second World War by months, but it was a war of numbers, and past a certain point its outcome was already inevitable.
Holds JH James Holland
Whatever a state thinks it will gain by sending soldiers is inferior to what it would have got from sending diplomats and lawyers.
Holds SP Sarah Paine
It was not the street fighting in Stalingrad that destroyed the German Sixth Army, it was the encirclement that followed.
Holds JH James Holland
Trying to hold escalation down in Ukraine did not contain the war; it lengthened it and made it worse.
Holds PO Phillips P. OBrien
The war in Ukraine will prove as historically significant in its outcome as the First World War was.
Holds TS Timothy Snyder
The only measure of whether fighting a terrorist group is working is whether you are creating more members than you kill.
Holds
Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse.
Holds HK Holden Karnofsky
A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people.
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen
American ICBMs do not have the range to reach North Korea without flying over Russia, which is the flaw that turns a limited counterattack into Armageddon.
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen
American missile defence is a fiction: 44 interceptors that work about half the time cannot answer the 1,670 warheads Russia has deployed.
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Holds PK Paul Krugman
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Holds MH Max Hodak
A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it.
Holds
A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language.
Holds DR David Reich