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29 May 2025
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Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-05-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some diseases are technologically solved and still spread, because the remaining bottleneck is trust rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it Some diseases are technologically solved and still spread, because the remaining bottleneck is trust… Last stated a year ago
2 Aug 2025
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Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: R&D spending varies more than tenfold across diseases for no good reason, which is where the best opportunities in science funding are. — tap to centre the map on it R&D spending varies more than tenfold across diseases for no good reason, which is where the best opportunities in… Last stated a year ago
29 May 2025
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Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-05-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How long a trial takes decides which diseases get drugs at all, because capital flows to the indications whose endpoints can be measured quickly. — tap to centre the map on it How long a trial takes decides which diseases get drugs at all, because capital flows to the indications whose… Last stated 6 months ago
28 Feb 2026
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Alex Telford — holds since 2023-12-23 — tap for who they are
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Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-02-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The people who can be moved by deaths from neglected tropical diseases are the same people who can be moved by pandemics and by AI risk, because both come from reasoning about importance rather than from the news. — tap to centre the map on it The people who can be moved by deaths from neglected tropical diseases are the same people who can be moved by pandemics… Last stated 3 years ago
28 Nov 2023
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because research is concentrated in rich countries, both what we know and what gets made are skewed away from the diseases of poor ones. — tap to centre the map on it Because research is concentrated in rich countries, both what we know and what gets made are skewed… Last stated a year ago
2 Aug 2025
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Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them. — tap to centre the map on it The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them. Last stated 3 months ago
10 Jun 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pharmaceutical R&D productivity has fallen for decades: far more money spent per drug, with no matching improvement in the odds a candidate reaches the market. — tap to centre the map on it Pharmaceutical R&D productivity has fallen for decades: far more money spent per drug, with no matching… Last stated 2 months ago
21 Jul 2026
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Alex Telford — holds since 2023-12-23 — tap for who they are
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Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so… Last stated 9 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned… Last stated 9 years ago
24 Oct 2017
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Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. — tap to centre the map on it A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both… Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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 a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for… Last stated 13 years ago
2 Oct 2013
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Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prescriber cannot outsource containment to the therapy hour: the emotional and relational dynamics are part of prescribing, not an intrusion on it. — tap to centre the map on it A prescriber cannot outsource containment to the therapy hour: the emotional and relational dynamics are part… Last stated 2 months ago
5 Jul 2026
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Awais Aftab — holds since 2026-07-05 — 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 more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help… Last stated 2 years ago
11 Sept 2024
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Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded. — tap to centre the map on it Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to… Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
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Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff. — tap to centre the map on it Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the… Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
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Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody living with a narcissist should feel obliged to become their therapist. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody living with a narcissist should feel obliged to become their therapist. Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
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Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
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Infectious diseases get far less industry R&D per death than non-communicable ones, because they mostly kill people in countries where a cure pays less.
Holds JT Jacob TrefethenRead this korrent →
Some diseases are technologically solved and still spread, because the remaining bottleneck is trust rather than science.
Holds JT Jacob Trefethen
R&D spending varies more than tenfold across diseases for no good reason, which is where the best opportunities in science funding are.
Holds JT Jacob Trefethen
How long a trial takes decides which diseases get drugs at all, because capital flows to the indications whose endpoints can be measured quickly.
Holds AT Alex TelfordRT Ruxandra Teslo
The people who can be moved by deaths from neglected tropical diseases are the same people who can be moved by pandemics and by AI risk, because both come from reasoning about importance rather than from the news.
Holds SA Scott Alexander
Because research is concentrated in rich countries, both what we know and what gets made are skewed away from the diseases of poor ones.
Holds JT Jacob Trefethen
The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them.
Holds MZ Mark Zuckerberg
Pharmaceutical R&D productivity has fallen for decades: far more money spent per drug, with no matching improvement in the odds a candidate reaches the market.
Holds AT Alex TelfordRT Ruxandra Teslo
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Holds ÉT Émile P. Torres
A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Holds JS Jonathan Shedler
A prescriber cannot outsource containment to the therapy hour: the emotional and relational dynamics are part of prescribing, not an intrusion on it.
Holds AA Awais Aftab
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.
Holds SM Scott D. Miller
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Holds WB Wendy Behary
Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff.
Holds WB Wendy Behary
Nobody living with a narcissist should feel obliged to become their therapist.
Holds WB Wendy Behary