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Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Progress unguided by humanism is not progress Progress unguided by humanism is notprogress Last stated 9 years ago 11 Feb 2018 SP Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress is not natural or automatic: it happens only while people believe it is possible and desirable, and it can stop. — tap to centre the map on it Progress is not natural orautomatic: it happens only whilepeople believe it is possible anddesirable, and it can stop. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Sept 2020 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2020-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: If abolishing slavery and cruel punishment is not progress, nothing is — tap to centre the map on it If abolishing slavery and cruelpunishment is not progress, nothingis Last stated 9 years ago 11 Feb 2018 SP Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress means getting nearer where you want to be, so after a wrong turning going forward brings you no nearer — tap to centre the map on it Progress means getting nearer whereyou want to be, so after a wrongturning going forward brings you nonearer CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Producing moral, not just technological, progress requires introducing new moral premises that invert what people previously believed. — tap to centre the map on it Producing moral, not justtechnological, progress requiresintroducing new moral premises thatinvert what people previouslybelieved. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Jul 2026 BS Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are not bound to follow everything the founders did; that would reject all progress and current experience — tap to centre the map on it We are not bound to followeverything the founders did; thatwould reject all progress andcurrent experience Last stated 167 years ago 27 Feb 1860 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1860-02-27 — 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: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — 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 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it A company that grows enougheventually has no need forinvestors. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should hire a product manager only against a specific need, never by default. — tap to centre the map on it A company should hire a productmanager only against a specificneed, never by default. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it A company that looks to its users asthough it has stopped shipping isusually widening its market, andgrinding through that is worth it. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Progress unguided by humanism is not progress Last stated 11 Feb 2018 · 9 years ago Holds Steven Pinker Read this korrent →