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10 Aug 1984
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Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1984-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Certain types of problems lead to interesting discoveries while others do not. — tap to centre the map on it Certain types of problems lead to interesting discoveries while others do not. Last stated 4 days ago
5 Oct 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-05 — 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 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The counterpoint to simple design is that people want fewer tools a lot of the time. — tap to centre the map on it The counterpoint to simple design is that people want fewer tools a lot of the time. Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An idea can look obvious in hindsight only because the insight that makes it obvious was itself the hard discovery. — tap to centre the map on it An idea can look obvious in hindsight only because the insight that makes it obvious was itself the hard discovery. Last stated 11 years ago
31 Aug 2015
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Christopher Olah — holds since 2015-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Failing to credit someone who deserves it does more harm than mistakenly crediting someone who doesn't. — tap to centre the map on it Failing to credit someone who deserves it does more harm than mistakenly crediting someone who doesn't. Last stated 7 years ago
30 May 2019
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Christopher Olah — holds since 2019-05-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good ideas come from asking how you would solve a problem from first principles, rather than staying anchored on how it is solved today. — tap to centre the map on it Good ideas come from asking how you would solve a problem from first principles, rather than staying anchored on how it is solved today. Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jul 2026
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Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Better a dubious idea executed with life than one dutifully thought through; a work's faults can make it compelling — tap to centre the map on it Better a dubious idea executed with life than one dutifully thought through; a work's faults can make it compelling Last stated 8 months ago
3 Feb 2026
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Mason Currey — holds since 2026-02-03 — 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 is not the way to get good creative work. Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
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Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — 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
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Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — 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 9 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 3 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 3 weeks ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — 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 8 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 can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are