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← It is not the brightest who succeed
17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 3 Sept 1888 to 26 Aug 2026.
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AI and human skill Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: It is not the brightest who succeed It is not the brightest who succeed
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Malcolm Gladwell — holds since c. 2008 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Success is not a random act — tap to centre the map on it Success is not a random act
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Malcolm Gladwell — holds since c. 2008 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We are not built for discipline — tap to centre the map on it We are not built for discipline
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Atul Gawande — holds since c. 2009 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Few people have the courage to admit that their life and work are not that complicated. — tap to centre the map on it Few people have the courage to admit that their life and work are not that complicated. Last stated 2 years ago
24 Aug 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Practice makes perfect, but it does not make new — tap to centre the map on it Practice makes perfect, but it does not make new
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Adam Grant — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Validated learning is not a story told after the fact to hide failure — tap to centre the map on it Validated learning is not a story told after the fact to hide failure
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Eric Ries — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Young people out of work lack a way in, not ambition — tap to centre the map on it Young people out of work lack a way in, not ambition Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Andy Burnham — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being good is no easy task — tap to centre the map on it Being good is no easy task
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Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: No one is a genius all the time — tap to centre the map on it No one is a genius all the time
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Seth Godin — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. Last stated 8 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks. — tap to centre the map on it A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks. Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
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Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover. — tap to centre the map on it A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover. Last stated 10 months ago
11 Jan 2026
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Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-01-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. — tap to centre the map on it A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. Last stated 138 years ago
3 Sept 1888
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Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. — tap to centre the map on it A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. Last stated 6 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection — tap to centre the map on it A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection
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Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are