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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under management management Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Other people's mistakes are easier to recognize than our own Other people's mistakes are easier torecognize than our own DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are Same subject: A team performs better when an outsider introduces social friction, even though the group believes it performed worse. — tap to centre the map on it A team performs better when anoutsider introduces social friction,even though the group believes itperformed worse. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 TH Tim Harford — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Living through someone else is easier than becoming complete yourself — tap to centre the map on it Living through someone else iseasier than becoming completeyourself BF Betty Friedan — holds since c. 1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans think in stories rather than facts, and the simpler the story the better — tap to centre the map on it Humans think in stories rather thanfacts, and the simpler the story thebetter YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Make something genuinely better and people will see it and switch - naive as it sounds, that is the whole driving principle. — tap to centre the map on it Make something genuinely better andpeople will see it and switch -naive as it sounds, that is thewhole driving principle. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are largely better at doing than at thinking, thanks to antifragility — tap to centre the map on it We are largely better at doing thanat thinking, thanks to antifragility NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2012 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to project their own flaws onto others. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to project their ownflaws onto others. Last stated 4 weeks ago 6 Oct 2026 JB Josh Blackman — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: People find pairwise comparisons of answers easier and more consistent to judge than absolute ratings — tap to centre the map on it People find pairwise comparisons ofanswers easier and more consistentto judge than absolute ratings Last stated a year ago 22 Jun 2025 EY Eugene Yan — holds since 2025-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is easier to improve something bad than to make something good from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it It is easier to improve somethingbad than to make something good fromscratch. Last stated 6 years ago 22 Jan 2021 JS Julian Shapiro — holds since 2021-01-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm tonudge customers into behavior thatisn't good for them is doingsomething bad. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 BS Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire great people and get out oftheir way" is dangerous advice foranyone in a leadership role. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it A career goes better attached to thepart of a business that brings themoney in than to a cost centre,whatever the work itself is. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it A career ladder must not be achecklist that guarantees promotion,because a promotion depends on theorganisation’s needs as much as onthe employee’s skills. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Other people's mistakes are easier to recognize than our own Last stated c. 2011 Holds Daniel Kahneman Read this korrent →