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Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Moral philosophy applies as well to an ordinary private life as to a grand one, since every person carries the whole human condition Moral philosophy applies as well to anordinary private life as to a grand one,since every person carries the whole humancondition MM Michel de Montaigne — holds since c. 1571–1592 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them — tap to centre the map on it Every part of life, public orprivate, carries moral duties, andwhat is right or wrong depends onthem CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Moral virtue is a settled habit of preferring a good life to a good time — tap to centre the map on it Moral virtue is a settled habit ofpreferring a good life to a goodtime MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every person is rich or poor according to how far they can afford the necessities, conveniences and pleasures of life — tap to centre the map on it Every person is rich or pooraccording to how far they can affordthe necessities, conveniences andpleasures of life Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even on the highest throne a person is only sitting on their own backside; the finest lives keep to the common human model — tap to centre the map on it Even on the highest throne a personis only sitting on their ownbackside; the finest lives keep tothe common human model MM Michel de Montaigne — holds since c. 1571–1592 — tap for who they are Same subject: In judging a society, every consideration is subordinate to the relative amount of human happiness — tap to centre the map on it In judging a society, everyconsideration is subordinate to therelative amount of human happiness HM Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim — tap to centre the map on it Nature made people so equal in bodyand mind that no one can claim abenefit another cannot also claim TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking, judgement and knowledgeare worth pursuing for the joy inthem, not in order to defend humanuniqueness. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — 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 betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS 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 areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 10 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY 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 needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — 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 6 days 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 3 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 4 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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 itsengineers to pay for the otherhalf's tokens, and that is what thelayoffs are actually about. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good. — tap to centre the map on it A productivity improvement meansfewer people doing the same job, andthat should be said plainly by thepeople defending it as good. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Moral philosophy applies as well to an ordinary private life as to a grand one, since every person carries the whole human condition Last stated c. 1571–1592 Holds Michel de Montaigne Read this korrent →