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Read this korrent: Instant messaging is a great tool for communicating but a disaster for productivity.
Instant messaging is a great tool for communicating but a disaster for productivity.
Last stated 7 years ago
17 Mar 2020
MP
Maxence Poutord — holds since 2020-03-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Despite the push to move away from chat interfaces, chat is still the right way to interact with a fleet of agents carrying out tasks defined ahead of time. — tap to centre the map on it
Despite the push to move away from chat interfaces, chat is still the right way to interact with a fleet of agents carrying out tasks defined ahead of time.
Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
JB
John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are not yet any really great ad products for messaging apps. — tap to centre the map on it
There are not yet any really great ad products for messaging apps.
Last stated a month ago
20 Sept 2026
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Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Today's text-box chat interfaces are too restricted to survive multimodal models, and will look archaic within a couple of years. — tap to centre the map on it
Today's text-box chat interfaces are too restricted to survive multimodal models, and will look archaic within a couple of years.
Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
DH
Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What a message-recipient considers important is too idiosyncratic to be captured by generic heuristics like "all receipts go to FYI." — tap to centre the map on it
What a message-recipient considers important is too idiosyncratic to be captured by generic heuristics like "all receipts go to FYI."
Last stated 9 months ago
23 Jan 2026
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Many of society's problems stem from how people communicate online, not just what they discuss. — tap to centre the map on it
Many of society's problems stem from how people communicate online, not just what they discuss.
Last stated 4 months ago
14 Jun 2026
JJ
Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Each new technology is adopted faster than the last only because it rides on the infrastructure the previous wave built. — tap to centre the map on it
Each new technology is adopted faster than the last only because it rides on the infrastructure the previous wave built.
Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
BT
Bret Taylor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Today's chat-based AI tools have deep-rooted usability problems and are not the interfaces we will be using in a few years; prompt engineering is a symptom, not a career. — tap to centre the map on it
Today's chat-based AI tools have deep-rooted usability problems and are not the interfaces we will be using in a few years; prompt engineering is a symptom, not a career.
Last stated 3 years ago
22 Jun 2023
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Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2023-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After text, photos and video, immersive presence is clearly the next frontier of how people communicate. — tap to centre the map on it
After text, photos and video, immersive presence is clearly the next frontier of how people communicate.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Sept 2023
MZ
Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
TG
Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
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Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it
A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists.
Last stated 11 years ago
6 Nov 2015
TU
Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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Instant messaging is a great tool for communicating but a disaster for productivity.
Last stated 17 Mar 2020 · 7 years ago
Holds Maxence Poutord
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Despite the push to move away from chat interfaces, chat is still the right way to interact with a fleet of agents carrying out tasks defined ahead of time.
Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds John Bai
Similar wording
There are not yet any really great ad products for messaging apps.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Peter Sellis
Similar wording
Today's text-box chat interfaces are too restricted to survive multimodal models, and will look archaic within a couple of years.
Last stated 23 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Demis Hassabis
Similar wording
What a message-recipient considers important is too idiosyncratic to be captured by generic heuristics like "all receipts go to FYI."
Last stated 23 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Similar wording
Many of society's problems stem from how people communicate online, not just what they discuss.
Last stated 14 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Justin Jackson
Similar wording
Each new technology is adopted faster than the last only because it rides on the infrastructure the previous wave built.
Last stated 18 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Bret Taylor
Similar wording
Today's chat-based AI tools have deep-rooted usability problems and are not the interfaces we will be using in a few years; prompt engineering is a symptom, not a career.
Last stated 22 Jun 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Jakob Nielsen
Similar wording
After text, photos and video, immersive presence is clearly the next frontier of how people communicate.
Last stated 28 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Mark Zuckerberg
Same subject: simplicity
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Tren Griffin
Same subject: simplicity
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 17 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Same subject: simplicity
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 9 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Adam Ward
Same subject: taste
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 21 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Brandon Jacoby
Same subject: taste
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 4 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: taste
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds George Saunders
Same subject: creativity
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
Last stated c. 1959
Holds Isaac Asimov
Same subject: creativity
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 8 Jan 2013 · 14 years ago
Holds Daniel Dennett
Same subject: creativity
A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists.
Last stated 6 Nov 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Tim Urban