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education 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: Most traits people treat as fixed — agency, confidence, charisma, warmth — are learnable if you believe they are and work at them. Most traits people treat as fixed — agency, confidence, charisma, warmth — are learnable if you believe they are and work at them. 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: Personality is not fixed: the self is the product of a society of cognitive modules, and take one module away and the self changes. — tap to centre the map on it Personality is not fixed: the self is the product of a society of cognitive modules, and take one module away and the self changes. Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being bad at something is not an intrinsic property of a person but a temporary state they can change whenever they choose. — tap to centre the map on it Being bad at something is not an intrinsic property of a person but a temporary state they can change whenever they choose. Last stated a month ago
15 Sept 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work. — tap to centre the map on it Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work. Last stated 4 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Psychological flexibility is a learnable set of skills, not a personality trait. — tap to centre the map on it Psychological flexibility is a learnable set of skills, not a personality trait. Last stated 5 months ago
21 May 2026
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Steven C. Hayes — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Models have personalities the way people do, and using them well means developing an intuition for which one to reach for. — tap to centre the map on it Models have personalities the way people do, and using them well means developing an intuition for which one to reach for. Last stated a year ago
21 Sept 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed. — tap to centre the map on it “Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed. Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How much a person looks at faces is a stable personality trait, and looking less at them tracks autistic traits across the whole population. — tap to centre the map on it How much a person looks at faces is a stable personality trait, and looking less at them tracks autistic traits across the whole population. Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most concepts can be understood by most people if explained clearly, even without years of expertise in a field. — tap to centre the map on it Most concepts can be understood by most people if explained clearly, even without years of expertise in a field. Last stated 10 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
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Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated 2 days ago
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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Most traits people treat as fixed — agency, confidence, charisma, warmth — are learnable if you believe they are and work at them.
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Personality is not fixed: the self is the product of a society of cognitive modules, and take one module away and the self changes.
Holds
Being bad at something is not an intrinsic property of a person but a temporary state they can change whenever they choose.
Holds
Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work.
Holds
Psychological flexibility is a learnable set of skills, not a personality trait.
Holds
Models have personalities the way people do, and using them well means developing an intuition for which one to reach for.
Holds
“Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed.
Holds
How much a person looks at faces is a stable personality trait, and looking less at them tracks autistic traits across the whole population.
Holds
Most concepts can be understood by most people if explained clearly, even without years of expertise in a field.
Holds
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
Last stated c. 1898
Holds
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Holds
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds