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← People can train themselves to notice soft fascination anywhere, not only in natural settings.

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Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 RW Rob Walker — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: People can learn to see the mental frames they look through — tap to centre the map on it People can learn to see the mentalframes they look through Last stated 7 years ago 27 Feb 2020 JW Josh Waitzkin — holds since 2020-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being willing to look absurd can be an underused advantage when learning — tap to centre the map on it Being willing to look absurd can bean underused advantage when learning Last stated 7 years ago 27 Feb 2020 JW Josh Waitzkin — holds since 2020-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a real public appetite for in-depth science such as quantum chromodynamics. — tap to centre the map on it There is a real public appetite forin-depth science such as quantumchromodynamics. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 JA Jim Al-Khalili — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The limitations of being human are what make being human worth experiencing. — tap to centre the map on it The limitations of being human arewhat make being human worthexperiencing. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: You learn where something is by going to find it rather than by being told, and that act is the whole difference between seeing something and noticing it. — tap to centre the map on it You learn where something is bygoing to find it rather than bybeing told, and that act is thewhole difference between seeingsomething and noticing it. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much of what makes humans distinctive, including their sense of beauty, comes from a drive for prestige. — tap to centre the map on it Much of what makes humansdistinctive, including their senseof beauty, comes from a drive forprestige. Last stated 8 years ago 30 Oct 2018 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2018-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Growing evidence suggests the brain performs a form of backpropagation-like learning. — tap to centre the map on it Growing evidence suggests the brainperforms a form ofbackpropagation-like learning. Last stated 6 years ago 13 Mar 2021 GW Gwern — holds since 2021-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: We may be the first people able to make our illusions so vivid that we live in them — tap to centre the map on it We may be the first people able tomake our illusions so vivid that welive in them DB Daniel J. 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Last stated 2 years ago 4 Dec 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-12-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that is uncompromising butalso kind and supportive is the mostfertile ground for creativity. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: 2026 is going to be the most interesting year in Shopify's history, and probably in literally everyone's career. — tap to centre the map on it 2026 is going to be the mostinteresting year in Shopify'shistory, and probably in literallyeveryone's career. Last stated 10 months ago 18 Jan 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cosmopolitan patriotism, grown large enough, may overcome nationalism and let us give up war — tap to centre the map on it A cosmopolitan patriotism, grownlarge enough, may overcomenationalism and let us give up war JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1906 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People can train themselves to notice soft fascination anywhere, not only in natural settings. Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Rob Walker Read this korrent →