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Read this korrent: Learning from failure accumulates as psychic scar tissue that narrows what a person is willing to consider as they get older.
Learning from failure accumulates as psychic scar tissue that narrows what a person is willing to consider as they get older.
Last stated 5 years ago
25 Jan 2022
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Risk-taking becomes exponentially harder as a person gets older. — tap to centre the map on it
Risk-taking becomes exponentially harder as a person gets older.
Last stated a year ago
16 Oct 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Memory does not simply decline with age — an older brain's job changes to passing on accumulated knowledge rather than forming new episodic memories. — tap to centre the map on it
Memory does not simply decline with age — an older brain's job changes to passing on accumulated knowledge rather than forming new episodic memories.
Last stated 2 years ago
25 May 2024
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Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being willing to fail, take risks, and endure early incompetence is what leads to eventual success in life — tap to centre the map on it
Being willing to fail, take risks, and endure early incompetence is what leads to eventual success in life
Last stated 3 years ago
25 Jan 2024
MM
Mark Manson — holds since 2024-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Younger women get the most from training to failure, while older women should emphasize training heavy. — tap to centre the map on it
Younger women get the most from training to failure, while older women should emphasize training heavy.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Jul 2024
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Stacy Sims — holds since 2024-07-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Continuing to learn means that today's views will probably look slightly immature and naive later. — tap to centre the map on it
Continuing to learn means that today's views will probably look slightly immature and naive later.
Last stated 6 years ago
13 Oct 2020
CP
Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2020-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ordinary learning from experience makes organizations abandon things after early failure, so good things are dropped too soon — tap to centre the map on it
Ordinary learning from experience makes organizations abandon things after early failure, so good things are dropped too soon
JM
James G. March — holds since c. 2013 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Growing older tends to expand rather than shrink the number of achievable dreams and options. — tap to centre the map on it
Growing older tends to expand rather than shrink the number of achievable dreams and options.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Apr 2024
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2024-04-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Merging back what a copy of yourself learned elsewhere is dangerous: the knowledge you pull in can carry hidden goals and take you over. — tap to centre the map on it
Merging back what a copy of yourself learned elsewhere is dangerous: the knowledge you pull in can carry hidden goals and take you over.
Last stated a year ago
26 Sept 2025
RS
Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
RK
Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
PB
Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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Learning from failure accumulates as psychic scar tissue that narrows what a person is willing to consider as they get older.
Last stated 25 Jan 2022 · 5 years ago
Holds Marc Andreessen
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Similar wording
Risk-taking becomes exponentially harder as a person gets older.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds Nat Eliason
Similar wording
Memory does not simply decline with age — an older brain's job changes to passing on accumulated knowledge rather than forming new episodic memories.
Last stated 25 May 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Charan Ranganath
Similar wording
Being willing to fail, take risks, and endure early incompetence is what leads to eventual success in life
Last stated 25 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Mark Manson
Similar wording
Younger women get the most from training to failure, while older women should emphasize training heavy.
Last stated 22 Jul 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Stacy Sims
Similar wording
Continuing to learn means that today's views will probably look slightly immature and naive later.
Last stated 13 Oct 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Chamath Palihapitiya
Similar wording
Ordinary learning from experience makes organizations abandon things after early failure, so good things are dropped too soon
Last stated c. 2013
Holds James G. March
Similar wording
Growing older tends to expand rather than shrink the number of achievable dreams and options.
Last stated 17 Apr 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Chip Huyen
Similar wording
Merging back what a copy of yourself learned elsewhere is dangerous: the knowledge you pull in can carry hidden goals and take you over.
Last stated 26 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Richard Sutton
Same subject: curiosity
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 3 Jul 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Raph Koster
Same subject: curiosity
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 17 Oct 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Peter Bevelin
Same subject: curiosity
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Charlie Munger
Same subject: motivation
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Cate Hall
Same subject: motivation
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Aravind Srinivas
Same subject: motivation
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
Last stated c. 1651
Holds Thomas Hobbes
Same subject: agency
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated 21 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Chris Coyier
Same subject: agency
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 14 Apr 2011 · 16 years ago
Holds Ben Horowitz
Same subject: agency
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 21 Mar 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson