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← Negativity and criticism are essential for creating anything of quality.
17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 5 Apr 2015 to 18 Sept 2026.
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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: Negativity and criticism are essential for creating anything of quality. Negativity and criticism are essential for creating anything of quality. Last stated 12 years ago
5 Apr 2015
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Zed Shaw — holds since 2015-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Achieving success and respect inevitably attracts harsh critics — tap to centre the map on it Achieving success and respect inevitably attracts harsh critics Last stated 3 years ago
25 Jan 2024
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Mark Manson — holds since 2024-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Criticism is only useful from someone with domain knowledge who is not trying to gain status by hurting the person receiving it. — tap to centre the map on it Criticism is only useful from someone with domain knowledge who is not trying to gain status by hurting the person receiving it. Last stated 3 years ago
26 Mar 2024
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Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Complaints about the things you chose not to prioritise are a sign your design succeeded, and should not be fixed. — tap to centre the map on it Complaints about the things you chose not to prioritise are a sign your design succeeded, and should not be fixed. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Dec 2024
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Ian Hickson — holds since 2024-12-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Attempting to eliminate criticism of ideas is a sign of immaturity and an abuse of power. — tap to centre the map on it Attempting to eliminate criticism of ideas is a sign of immaturity and an abuse of power. Last stated 12 years ago
5 Apr 2015
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Zed Shaw — holds since 2015-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People tend to regard feedback as overly critical, no matter how it is delivered. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to regard feedback as overly critical, no matter how it is delivered. Last stated 4 years ago
22 Nov 2022
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Gibson Biddle — holds since 2022-11-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Taste and judgment are what separate good products from bad. — tap to centre the map on it Taste and judgment are what separate good products from bad. Last stated 5 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Brett Williams — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feedback is essential to human development, and without it nothing can reliably improve. — tap to centre the map on it Feedback is essential to human development, and without it nothing can reliably improve. Last stated 3 years ago
27 Sept 2023
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Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2023-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Preciousness about ideas is what holds designers back; if you are producing a thousand ideas it does not matter that most of them are bad. — tap to centre the map on it Preciousness about ideas is what holds designers back; if you are producing a thousand ideas it does not matter that most of them are bad. Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — 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
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Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A fountain of creativity alone cannot build anything big, and management alone does nothing new. — tap to centre the map on it A fountain of creativity alone cannot build anything big, and management alone does nothing new. Last stated 8 months ago
15 Mar 2026
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2026-03-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not a tool but an agent, the first technology that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a tool but an agent, the first technology that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself Last stated 2 years ago
10 Sept 2024
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Art cannot result from external compulsion, because the labour that produces it is voluntary — tap to centre the map on it Art cannot result from external compulsion, because the labour that produces it is voluntary
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William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cities can offer something for everybody only when everybody creates them — tap to centre the map on it Cities can offer something for everybody only when everybody creates them
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Jane Jacobs — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago
6 Nov 2015
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Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — 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 months ago
18 Sept 2026
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Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
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Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are