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Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Nobody expects what they will see on paper when they hand an author the unfettered task of writing their life Nobody expects what they will see on paperwhen they hand an author the unfetteredtask of writing their life Last stated 17 years ago 10 Nov 2009 AS Alice Schroeder — holds since 2009-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing that deserves a reader's attention is always the product of effort by the person who wrote it. — tap to centre the map on it Writing that deserves a reader'sattention is always the product ofeffort by the person who wrote it. Last stated 2 years ago 31 Aug 2024 TC Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it A writer's audience does not carryfrom one book to the next: everybook is another startup you have tomake happen from scratch. Last stated 10 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: What matters is not how the writer felt while writing it but how the reader will feel while reading it. — tap to centre the map on it What matters is not how the writerfelt while writing it but how thereader will feel while reading it. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing is thinking on paper and there is no shortcut for doing that thinking, so handing the writing to AI hands away the thinking. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is thinking on paper andthere is no shortcut for doing thatthinking, so handing the writing toAI hands away the thinking. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that mattered. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is how the thinking getsdone, so a writer who hands thewords to a machine has given awaythe part that mattered. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody expected an agent to take notes about what it was doing for future agents to read. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody expected an agent to takenotes about what it was doing forfuture agents to read. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Sept 2026 TP Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A reader's own mental image of a character is as valid as the author's depiction of them. — tap to centre the map on it A reader's own mental image of acharacter is as valid as theauthor's depiction of them. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Jul 2026 BF Brad Feld — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who want to become more widely read rarely think about the responsibility that comes with a larger audience. — tap to centre the map on it People who want to become morewidely read rarely think about theresponsibility that comes with alarger audience. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it A company that grows enougheventually has no need forinvestors. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — 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
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At the centre Nobody expects what they will see on paper when they hand an author the unfettered task of writing their life Last stated 10 Nov 2009 · 17 years ago Holds Alice Schroeder Read this korrent →