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Read this korrent: Needing grades to make students pay attention is evidence that the class is boring, not that students do not care about learning.
Needing grades to make students pay attention is evidence that the class is boring, not that students do not care about learning.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 May 2023
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In choosing what to learn, who is teaching it matters more than what it is, because your existing interests are fairly arbitrary and a good educator is not. — tap to centre the map on it
In choosing what to learn, who is teaching it matters more than what it is, because your existing interests are fairly arbitrary and a good educator is not.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Students have lost the capacity for sustained attention over the past decade, and they report the difficulty themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
Students have lost the capacity for sustained attention over the past decade, and they report the difficulty themselves.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Dec 2025
JH
Jon Haidt — holds since 2025-12-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Learning should be made harder rather than easier, and a teacher's instinct to smooth the path is the first thing that goes wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
Learning should be made harder rather than easier, and a teacher's instinct to smooth the path is the first thing that goes wrong.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Jul 2026
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Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Schools are still preparing children to become knowledge workers, and that game is over. — tap to centre the map on it
Schools are still preparing children to become knowledge workers, and that game is over.
Last stated 3 months ago
14 Jun 2026
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Teaching and grading are two different jobs, and doing both at once makes a person worse at teaching. — tap to centre the map on it
Teaching and grading are two different jobs, and doing both at once makes a person worse at teaching.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 May 2023
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured. — tap to centre the map on it
A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured.
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well. — tap to centre the map on it
The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well.
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. — tap to centre the map on it
The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows.
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. — tap to centre the map on it
A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Last stated 2 days ago
5 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it
Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home.
Last stated a year ago
14 Apr 2025
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Rebuilding American manufacturing is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do. — tap to centre the map on it
Rebuilding American manufacturing is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do.
Last stated 8 months ago
25 Dec 2025
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-12-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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Needing grades to make students pay attention is evidence that the class is boring, not that students do not care about learning.
Last stated 16 May 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds AM Adam Mastroianni
Read this korrent →
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In choosing what to learn, who is teaching it matters more than what it is, because your existing interests are fairly arbitrary and a good educator is not.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds GS Grant Sanderson
Similar wording
Students have lost the capacity for sustained attention over the past decade, and they report the difficulty themselves.
Last stated 1 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds JH Jon Haidt
Similar wording
Learning should be made harder rather than easier, and a teacher's instinct to smooth the path is the first thing that goes wrong.
Last stated 13 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds AC Alan Castel
Similar wording
Schools are still preparing children to become knowledge workers, and that game is over.
Last stated 14 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds MP Mark Pincus
Similar wording
Teaching and grading are two different jobs, and doing both at once makes a person worse at teaching.
Last stated 16 May 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds AM Adam Mastroianni
Similar wording
A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Similar wording
The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Similar wording
The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Same subject: America
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
Same subject: America
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
Same subject: America
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: China
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated 15 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
Same subject: China
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds EB Eric Berger
Same subject: China
A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Last stated 5 Sept 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: tariffs
Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home.
Last stated 14 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds JC John H. Cochrane
Same subject: tariffs
Rebuilding American manufacturing is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do.
Last stated 25 Dec 2025 · 8 months ago
Holds MH Molson Hart
Same subject: tariffs
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman