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← Progress has never come from centralization; it comes from individuals trying things the mainstream had written off.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 6 Nov 2015 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under America America Everything filed under design design Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under management management Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Progress has never come from centralization; it comes from individuals trying things the mainstream had written off. Progress has never come fromcentralization; it comes from individualstrying things the mainstream had writtenoff. Last stated 4 months ago 10 Jun 2026 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: For the whole of human history the bottleneck on progress has been getting a group of smart people together around a shared goal. — tap to centre the map on it For the whole of human history thebottleneck on progress has beengetting a group of smart peopletogether around a shared goal. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 AW Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decentralized networks can be both principled and mainstream-popular without giving up usability. — tap to centre the map on it Decentralized networks can be bothprincipled and mainstream-popularwithout giving up usability. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 TM Tom MacWright — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will not centralise the economy into a handful of companies; there are going to be many thousands of winners. — tap to centre the map on it AI will not centralise the economyinto a handful of companies; thereare going to be many thousands ofwinners. Last stated 3 months ago 31 Jul 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Flat, manager-free organisations do not deliver the equality they promise: they get abandoned, and the informal power left behind is unaccountable. — tap to centre the map on it Flat, manager-free organisations donot deliver the equality theypromise: they get abandoned, and theinformal power left behind isunaccountable. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress is not driven mainly by material resources, so running out of them is not what would stop it. — tap to centre the map on it Progress is not driven mainly bymaterial resources, so running outof them is not what would stop it. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Sept 2020 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2020-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The single test to apply to any technology is whether it centralises power or decentralises it: the first is bad and the second is good. — tap to centre the map on it The single test to apply to anytechnology is whether it centralisespower or decentralises it: the firstis bad and the second is good. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Jun 2023 GH George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human progress is not inevitable; it comes through tireless effort, and without it time favors social stagnation — tap to centre the map on it Human progress is not inevitable; itcomes through tireless effort, andwithout it time favors socialstagnation MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. — tap to centre the map on it AI represents the largest change tosociety in a very long time, perhapsever. Last stated 6 months ago 10 Apr 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Progress has never come from centralization; it comes from individuals trying things the mainstream had written off. Last stated 10 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Mark Zuckerberg Read this korrent →