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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 13 Jun 1986 to 9 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Learning to read at times felt like a curse, showing misery without a remedy Learning to read at times felt like acurse, showing misery without a remedy FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hearing slave songs may convey slavery's horror to some better than volumes of philosophy — tap to centre the map on it Hearing slave songs may conveyslavery's horror to some better thanvolumes of philosophy FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading further back in history shows that what feels new and unique to the present era is usually a very old pattern. — tap to centre the map on it Reading further back in historyshows that what feels new and uniqueto the present era is usually a veryold pattern. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Escaping poverty and misery has not cost him his creative edge; living in misery just wastes a writer’s time. — tap to centre the map on it Escaping poverty and misery has notcost him his creative edge; livingin misery just wastes a writer’stime. Last stated 5 months ago 13 Jun 2026 SD Seth Dickinson — holds since 2026-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeling that you are learning does not mean you are. — tap to centre the map on it Feeling that you are learning doesnot mean you are. Last stated 5 years ago 24 Sept 2021 DP David Perell — holds since 2021-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning only from one’s own experience, and minimizing what one learns from the good and bad experience of others, is a sure-shot producer of misery and second-rate achievement — tap to centre the map on it Learning only from one’s ownexperience, and minimizing what onelearns from the good and badexperience of others, is a sure-shotproducer of misery and second-rateachievement Last stated 40 years ago 13 Jun 1986 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 1986-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is harder for a writer to portray happiness meaningfully than to portray suffering. — tap to centre the map on it It is harder for a writer to portrayhappiness meaningfully than toportray suffering. Last stated a year ago 20 Jun 2025 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2025-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Improving a slave's condition only increased his desire to be free — tap to centre the map on it Improving a slave's condition onlyincreased his desire to be free FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Latent experience remains even when specific knowledge is forgotten. — tap to centre the map on it Latent experience remains even whenspecific knowledge is forgotten. Last stated 3 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft is necessarily bad, and that is exactly why one has to be written. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft is necessarily bad,and that is exactly why one has tobe written. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Oct 2022 AK Austin Kleon — holds since 2022-10-12 — 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 gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat 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 CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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
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At the centre Learning to read at times felt like a curse, showing misery without a remedy Last stated c. 1845 Holds Frederick Douglass Read this korrent →