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Read this korrent: Making something and making something permanent are two really different decisions, and with abundance we need to figure out what lasts.
Making something and making something permanent are two really different decisions, and with abundance we need to figure out what lasts.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Sept 2026
GT
Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it
You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use.
Last stated a month ago
25 Aug 2026
JB
John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Confusing how something was made with what was made is confusing the kitchen for the meal — tap to centre the map on it
Confusing how something was made with what was made is confusing the kitchen for the meal
Last stated 2 months ago
24 Jul 2026
JF
Jason Fried — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A work does not have to be unlike everything before it to be worth making; what makes it new is that this particular person made it. — tap to centre the map on it
A work does not have to be unlike everything before it to be worth making; what makes it new is that this particular person made it.
Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jun 2026
TC
Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
NC
Nick Cave — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Creativity must be used regularly or it will spoil — tap to centre the map on it
Creativity must be used regularly or it will spoil
Last stated 3 years ago
12 Feb 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The small choices made while executing a work matter as much as the big idea behind it, so inspiration cannot be separated from the labour. — tap to centre the map on it
The small choices made while executing a work matter as much as the big idea behind it, so inspiration cannot be separated from the labour.
Last stated 2 years ago
31 Aug 2024
TC
Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over. — tap to centre the map on it
When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over.
Last stated 4 years ago
9 Aug 2022
GK
Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making for the love of making rather than for a finish line is inspiring, and design is a practice that never ends. — tap to centre the map on it
Making for the love of making rather than for a finish line is inspiring, and design is a practice that never ends.
Last stated 6 months ago
25 Mar 2026
FG
Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How much someone needs to know depends on whether they want a fun demo or prototype or a product to sustain over time. — tap to centre the map on it
How much someone needs to know depends on whether they want a fun demo or prototype or a product to sustain over time.
Last stated 6 months ago
25 Mar 2026
FG
Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
TG
Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 5 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated yesterday
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — 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 graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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
IA
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
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
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