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← On hills, ideal pacing would hold effort roughly constant, but a bias toward constant speed gets in the way.
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4 Jun 2026
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Alex Hutchinson — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The same physical effort can be re-valued as less effortful inside one person's head, mid-task, with nothing in the physics having changed. — tap to centre the map on it The same physical effort can be re-valued as less effortful inside one person's head, mid-task, with nothing in the physics having changed. Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Moving toward AI is worthwhile, but at about 60 miles an hour rather than 100, paying attention to what is seen along the way. — tap to centre the map on it Moving toward AI is worthwhile, but at about 60 miles an hour rather than 100, paying attention to what is seen along the way. Last stated 5 months ago
19 May 2026
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Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current preference cascade on pacing the AI frontier is insufficient to ensure survival. — tap to centre the map on it The current preference cascade on pacing the AI frontier is insufficient to ensure survival. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agency and clock speed beat domain experience in a hire, and in a fast-moving field experience is often a crutch of habits that need discarding. — tap to centre the map on it Agency and clock speed beat domain experience in a hire, and in a fast-moving field experience is often a crutch of habits that need discarding. Last stated a year ago
5 Oct 2025
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Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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20 Jul 2026
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Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Incumbents structurally cannot compete on speed, because the scale and entrenched architecture that make them incumbents are what make them slow. — tap to centre the map on it Incumbents structurally cannot compete on speed, because the scale and entrenched architecture that make them incumbents are what make them slow. 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: Resistance training should be the bedrock alongside true high-intensity work; long easy zone 2 sessions suit mental health but are not optimal for body composition and metabolic health. — tap to centre the map on it Resistance training should be the bedrock alongside true high-intensity work; long easy zone 2 sessions suit mental health but are not optimal for body composition and metabolic health. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Jul 2024
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Stacy Sims — holds since 2024-07-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
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22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
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21 Sept 2023
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Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are
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3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
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24 Nov 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
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27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
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Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
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On hills, ideal pacing would hold effort roughly constant, but a bias toward constant speed gets in the way.
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The same physical effort can be re-valued as less effortful inside one person's head, mid-task, with nothing in the physics having changed.
Holds
Moving toward AI is worthwhile, but at about 60 miles an hour rather than 100, paying attention to what is seen along the way.
Holds
The current preference cascade on pacing the AI frontier is insufficient to ensure survival.
Holds
Agency and clock speed beat domain experience in a hire, and in a fast-moving field experience is often a crutch of habits that need discarding.
Holds
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Holds
Flow is not required to perform at your best: a clutch state, in which you perform well and it still feels like hard work, is just as legitimate a peak state.
Holds
Incumbents structurally cannot compete on speed, because the scale and entrenched architecture that make them incumbents are what make them slow.
Holds
Resistance training should be the bedrock alongside true high-intensity work; long easy zone 2 sessions suit mental health but are not optimal for body composition and metabolic health.
Holds
A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else.
Holds
A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre.
Holds
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Holds
Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve.
Holds
Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality.
Holds
Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run.
Holds
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Holds
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Holds
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
Last stated c. 1946–1992
Holds