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← Outlier ideas are worth chasing especially when other people are not interested in them.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 13 Nov 2011 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Outlier ideas are worth chasing especially when other people are not interested in them. Outlier ideas are worth chasing especiallywhen other people are not interested inthem. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: An idea being popular, appealing or profitable doesn't mean it actually works. — tap to centre the map on it An idea being popular, appealing orprofitable doesn't mean it actuallyworks. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 TF Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bad-looking ideas often turn out to be the best ones, and pushing boundaries increases the odds of finding something valuable. — tap to centre the map on it Bad-looking ideas often turn out tobe the best ones, and pushingboundaries increases the odds offinding something valuable. Last stated 10 years ago 27 Jan 2017 HM Hilary Mason — holds since 2017-01-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: For investors today, the idea not worth engaging with is the one that is too small, where it used to be the one that was too ambitious. — tap to centre the map on it For investors today, the idea notworth engaging with is the one thatis too small, where it used to bethe one that was too ambitious. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: The way to find useful ideas is to search for useful ideas, not to follow whatever fascinates you and hope it turns out useful. — tap to centre the map on it The way to find useful ideas is tosearch for useful ideas, not tofollow whatever fascinates you andhope it turns out useful. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Mar 2025 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best sign that a subject is worth writing about is that you are interested in it and nobody else is. — tap to centre the map on it The best sign that a subject isworth writing about is that you areinterested in it and nobody else is. Last stated 10 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Until there is real evidence, it is worth believing that jobs threatened by AI will reinvent themselves rather than go away. — tap to centre the map on it Until there is real evidence, it isworth believing that jobs threatenedby AI will reinvent themselvesrather than go away. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aim for moonshots: they attract the best people, leave you the path to yourself, and even sixty to eighty percent of one is a terrific success. — tap to centre the map on it Aim for moonshots: they attract thebest people, leave you the path toyourself, and even sixty to eightypercent of one is a terrificsuccess. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 SP Sundar Pichai — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — 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 pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it Achievement is wonderful when youknow why you pursue it, and a trapwhen you do not Last stated 11 years ago 27 May 2015 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it An unstarted, unresolved task ismore mentally exhausting than almostany other kind of task. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything around us exists because someone pushed it through with tenacity: the world is a museum of passion projects. — tap to centre the map on it Everything around us exists becausesomeone pushed it through withtenacity: the world is a museum ofpassion projects. Last stated 4 years ago 25 May 2022 JC John Collison — holds since 2022-05-25 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Outlier ideas are worth chasing especially when other people are not interested in them. Last stated 1 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Paul Graham Read this korrent →