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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 13 Nov 2011 to 10 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about optimism.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under Russia Russia Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is better to be an optimist who works hard than a pessimist who writes about why things will not work, because no amount of such essays moves society forward. It is better to be an optimist who workshard than a pessimist who writes about whythings will not work, because no amount ofsuch essays moves society forward. Last stated 3 months ago 4 Aug 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI safety worriers and AI optimists both believe AI will be a hugely transformative economic success, unlike the AI-bubble skeptics. — tap to centre the map on it AI safety worriers and AI optimistsboth believe AI will be a hugelytransformative economic success,unlike the AI-bubble skeptics. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: America is a country that rewards first-principles thinkers and builders and encourages reinvention despite cynicism. — tap to centre the map on it America is a country that rewardsfirst-principles thinkers andbuilders and encourages reinventiondespite cynicism. Last stated 4 months ago 5 Jul 2026 SW swyx — holds since 2026-07-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: As soon as founder mode is an established idea people will misuse it: founders excusing an inability to delegate, and managers deciding to act like founders. — tap to centre the map on it As soon as founder mode is anestablished idea people will misuseit: founders excusing an inabilityto delegate, and managers decidingto act like founders. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Sept 2024 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one. — tap to centre the map on it Battery-electric airliners do notwork even on optimistic assumptions,and the arithmetic said so beforeanyone built one. Last stated 6 years ago 2 Apr 2021 BF Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being optimistic about AI as it currently exists requires a degree of privilege. — tap to centre the map on it Being optimistic about AI as itcurrently exists requires a degreeof privilege. Last stated 11 months ago 3 Dec 2025 JC Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Believing that Trump might yet help Ukraine is not harmless optimism: it is part of a manoeuvre that buys Putin time. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that Trump might yet helpUkraine is not harmless optimism: itis part of a manoeuvre that buysPutin time. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 PO Phillips P. OBrien — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a startup requires enough optimism to see past a problem toward a future solution that makes things better. — tap to centre the map on it Building a startup requires enoughoptimism to see past a problemtoward a future solution that makesthings better. Last stated a year ago 16 Sept 2025 JE Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do. — tap to centre the map on it Connecting a conversational LLM tosystems that have real-worldconsequences is likely to cause realharm, because the model is trainedon human text and will behave asunpredictably as humans do. Last stated a year ago 4 Jun 2025 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2023-02-17 — tap for who they are AR Armin Ronacher — no longer holds since 2025-06-04 — 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'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC 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 closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM 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 pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it Building the life you actually wanttakes discipline: to work out whatyou want, and to turn down cool,lucrative opportunities. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it Essentialism means rejecting theidea that if we can fit it all in,we can have it all Last stated 12 years ago 26 Jul 2014 GM Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is better to be an optimist who works hard than a pessimist who writes about why things will not work, because no amount of such essays moves society forward. Last stated 4 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Sam Altman Read this korrent →