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Read this korrent: Much of what people want from AI is not menus and features but something they can hand a meaningful task to and have it done.
Much of what people want from AI is not menus and features but something they can hand a meaningful task to and have it done.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
8 Sept 2026
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Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People do not value or care about something built by AI, regardless of its quality, because no personal effort went into it. — tap to centre the map on it
People do not value or care about something built by AI, regardless of its quality, because no personal effort went into it.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Sept 2026
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Stefan Judis — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them. — tap to centre the map on it
People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Karri Saarinen — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI does a good job of generating a design and still cannot express what the design is supposed to do; that part is the engineer's. — tap to centre the map on it
AI does a good job of generating a design and still cannot express what the design is supposed to do; that part is the engineer's.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is welcome as a better search engine and a pair programmer that does not drive, but writing the code itself is not something to hand over to it. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is welcome as a better search engine and a pair programmer that does not drive, but writing the code itself is not something to hand over to it.
Last stated 6 months ago
8 Apr 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — no longer holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI should be approached as a collaboration between humans and computers, not a forced choice between them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI should be approached as a collaboration between humans and computers, not a forced choice between them.
Last stated 3 years ago
6 Feb 2024
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Steve Coast — holds since 2024-02-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all. — tap to centre the map on it
There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Which AI features users will love is genuinely unpredictable, and the ones a founder is most confident about are the ones that get used least. — tap to centre the map on it
Which AI features users will love is genuinely unpredictable, and the ones a founder is most confident about are the ones that get used least.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not taking the jobs people wanted; it is taking the jobs nobody wanted and the careers of everyone who is merely average. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is not taking the jobs people wanted; it is taking the jobs nobody wanted and the careers of everyone who is merely average.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
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Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Sept 2026
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Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — 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
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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
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Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A group of businesses only works when every one of them feeds the others, and everything that does not fit the strategy should be sold. — tap to centre the map on it
A group of businesses only works when every one of them feeds the others, and everything that does not fit the strategy should be sold.
Last stated a year ago
16 Jul 2025
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Jamie Dimon — holds since 2025-07-16 — 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
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. — tap to centre the map on it
A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes.
Last stated 10 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good book clears out stale assumptions and disturbs the old ideas a reader has let accumulate. — tap to centre the map on it
A good book clears out stale assumptions and disturbs the old ideas a reader has let accumulate.
Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jun 2026
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Ann Handley — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are
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Much of what people want from AI is not menus and features but something they can hand a meaningful task to and have it done.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
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People do not value or care about something built by AI, regardless of its quality, because no personal effort went into it.
Last stated 21 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Stefan Judis
Similar wording
People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Karri Saarinen
Similar wording
AI does a good job of generating a design and still cannot express what the design is supposed to do; that part is the engineer's.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Hillel Wayne
Similar wording
AI is welcome as a better search engine and a pair programmer that does not drive, but writing the code itself is not something to hand over to it.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
No longer holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
AI should be approached as a collaboration between humans and computers, not a forced choice between them.
Last stated 6 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Steve Coast
Similar wording
There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ryan Greenblatt
Similar wording
Which AI features users will love is genuinely unpredictable, and the ones a founder is most confident about are the ones that get used least.
Last stated 23 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rahul Vohra
Similar wording
AI is not taking the jobs people wanted; it is taking the jobs nobody wanted and the careers of everyone who is merely average.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Scott Rao
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Lincoln Michel
Same subject: simplicity
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Tren Griffin
Same subject: simplicity
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 17 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Same subject: simplicity
A group of businesses only works when every one of them feeds the others, and everything that does not fit the strategy should be sold.
Last stated 16 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Jamie Dimon
Same subject: taste
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds George Saunders
Same subject: taste
A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes.
Last stated 9 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Rory Sutherland
Same subject: taste
A good book clears out stale assumptions and disturbs the old ideas a reader has let accumulate.
Last stated 15 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Ann Handley