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17 connected korrents · 20 moments from 2 Apr 2021 to 4 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about optimism .
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Read this korrent: Open access to information makes a closed information regime on the Soviet model fundamentally impossible to sustain.
Open access to information makes a closed information regime on the Soviet model fundamentally impossible to sustain.
Last stated 5 years ago
25 Jan 2022
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI safety worriers and AI optimists both believe AI will be a hugely transformative economic success, unlike the AI-bubble skeptics. — tap to centre the map on it
AI safety worriers and AI optimists both believe AI will be a hugely transformative economic success, unlike the AI-bubble skeptics.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America is a country that rewards first-principles thinkers and builders and encourages reinvention despite cynicism. — tap to centre the map on it
America is a country that rewards first-principles thinkers and builders and encourages reinvention despite cynicism.
Last stated 4 months ago
5 Jul 2026
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swyx — holds since 2026-07-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As soon as founder mode is an established idea people will misuse it: founders excusing an inability to delegate, and managers deciding to act like founders. — tap to centre the map on it
As soon as founder mode is an established idea people will misuse it: founders excusing an inability to delegate, and managers deciding to act like founders.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Sept 2024
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Paul Graham — holds since 2024-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one. — tap to centre the map on it
Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one.
Last stated 6 years ago
2 Apr 2021
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Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being optimistic about AI as it currently exists requires a degree of privilege. — tap to centre the map on it
Being optimistic about AI as it currently exists requires a degree of privilege.
Last stated 11 months ago
3 Dec 2025
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Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Believing that Trump might yet help Ukraine is not harmless optimism: it is part of a manoeuvre that buys Putin time. — tap to centre the map on it
Believing that Trump might yet help Ukraine is not harmless optimism: it is part of a manoeuvre that buys Putin time.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
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Phillips P. OBrien — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a startup requires enough optimism to see past a problem toward a future solution that makes things better. — tap to centre the map on it
Building a startup requires enough optimism to see past a problem toward a future solution that makes things better.
Last stated a year ago
16 Sept 2025
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Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do. — tap to centre the map on it
Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do.
Last stated a year ago
4 Jun 2025
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Armin Ronacher — holds since 2023-02-17 — tap for who they are
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Armin Ronacher — no longer holds since 2025-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat. — tap to centre the map on it
A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat.
Last stated 3 years ago
27 Jun 2023
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Ken White — holds since 2023-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An independently owned platform is a necessary counterweight to the government and the mainstream media. — tap to centre the map on it
An independently owned platform is a necessary counterweight to the government and the mainstream media.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Feb 2024
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Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Authoritarian governments seek to destroy or falsify public records, including digital ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Authoritarian governments seek to destroy or falsify public records, including digital ones.
Last stated 6 months ago
30 Apr 2026
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Anil Dash — holds since 2026-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: European countries are cracking down on free speech — tap to centre the map on it
European countries are cracking down on free speech
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Feb 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Federal efforts to restrict free expression in recent years were illegal and unconstitutional. — tap to centre the map on it
Federal efforts to restrict free expression in recent years were illegal and unconstitutional.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Jan 2025
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Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens. — tap to centre the map on it
Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
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Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is better to live in a country that allows offensive speech — tap to centre the map on it
It is better to live in a country that allows offensive speech
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Aug 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Monopoly power can capture politics — tap to centre the map on it
Monopoly power can capture politics
Last stated 3 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-01-19 — tap for who they are
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current US government uses false antisemitism accusations to damage and control institutions it views as enemies. — tap to centre the map on it
The current US government uses false antisemitism accusations to damage and control institutions it views as enemies.
Last stated 2 months ago
8 Sept 2026
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Peter Woit — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are faded, dashed ring: they no longer hold it — they changed their mind