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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under education education Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under health and fitness health and fitness Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Nostalgia can be a trap to romanticize the past at the expense of the future Nostalgia can be a trap to romanticize thepast at the expense of the future Last stated 5 years ago 23 Apr 2021 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2021-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nostalgia is a selective reading of the past — useful when it makes you happy now, toxic when it narrows what you can see of the present. — tap to centre the map on it Nostalgia is a selective reading ofthe past — useful when it makes youhappy now, toxic when it narrowswhat you can see of the present. Last stated 2 years ago 25 May 2024 CR Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Modern histories and reinterpretations of past cultures tend to minimize just how genuinely strange those cultures would feel if experienced directly. — tap to centre the map on it Modern histories andreinterpretations of past culturestend to minimize just how genuinelystrange those cultures would feel ifexperienced directly. Last stated 4 weeks ago 2 Sept 2026 RA Russ Allbery — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge decays fast when it goes unused, while the feeling a class left behind lasts for decades. — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge decays fast when it goesunused, while the feeling a classleft behind lasts for decades. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jul 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading further back in history shows that what feels new and unique to the present era is usually a very old pattern. — tap to centre the map on it Reading further back in historyshows that what feels new and uniqueto the present era is usually a veryold pattern. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Architecture and everyday life have grown progressively cheaper and blander over time. — tap to centre the map on it Architecture and everyday life havegrown progressively cheaper andblander over time. Last stated 4 months ago 28 May 2026 KW Kate Wagner — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity should give up the feeling of entitlement — that because we were here first, the future must go on being ours. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity should give up the feelingof entitlement — that because wewere here first, the future must goon being ours. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our built-in emotions were tuned for a world that no longer exists, and hunger is one that now fails to guide us correctly. — tap to centre the map on it Our built-in emotions were tuned fora world that no longer exists, andhunger is one that now fails toguide us correctly. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Early-2000s software development tooling was mostly bad, despite nostalgia for that era. — tap to centre the map on it Early-2000s software developmenttooling was mostly bad, despitenostalgia for that era. Last stated 9 months ago 6 Jan 2026 HR Harper Reed — holds since 2026-01-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it A board game conquers the world whenchance and strategy are in balancein it. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it A dense-looking building does not byitself create a livable dense suburbwithout supporting schools andshops. Last stated 8 years ago 2 Jun 2018 FS Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction. — tap to centre the map on it A puzzle whose categories can onlybe seen by the broadly educated iselitist by construction. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Sept 2023 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2023-09-02 — 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 failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG 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 smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. — tap to centre the map on it A good prototype should express asingle idea or test a singlehypothesis. Last stated 9 years ago 22 Feb 2018 BF Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Nostalgia can be a trap to romanticize the past at the expense of the future Last stated 23 Apr 2021 · 5 years ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →