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Read this korrent: Progress used to run in several industries at once and now runs in one, which is what the slowdown actually consists of.
Progress used to run in several industries at once and now runs in one, which is what the slowdown actually consists of.
Last stated 6 years ago
23 Jan 2021
JC
Jason Crawford — holds since 2021-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has accelerated the pace of development but not the pace of business, and that mismatch will become more and more apparent. — tap to centre the map on it
AI has accelerated the pace of development but not the pace of business, and that mismatch will become more and more apparent.
Last stated 4 months ago
1 Jul 2026
KB
Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — 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 by material resources, so running out of 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: 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 the bottleneck on progress has been getting a group of smart people together 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: Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed — tap to centre the map on it
Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed
Last stated 7 years ago
19 Nov 2019
SA
Scott Alexander — holds since 2014-01-01 — tap for who they are
SA
Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technology has changed, but how companies are run has not. — tap to centre the map on it
Technology has changed, but how companies are run has not.
Last stated 9 years ago
25 Jan 2018
BC
Brian Chesky — holds since 2018-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technology changes rapidly while people and culture change slowly — tap to centre the map on it
Technology changes rapidly while people and culture change slowly
DN
Don Norman — holds since c. 2013 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The case for a technological slowdown since about 1970 is not convincing. — tap to centre the map on it
The case for a technological slowdown since about 1970 is not convincing.
Last stated 6 years ago
23 Jan 2021
JC
Jason Crawford — no longer holds since 2021-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The pace of medical innovation can be sped up or slowed down by policy, funding and institutional choices. — tap to centre the map on it
The pace of medical innovation can be sped up or slowed down by policy, funding and institutional choices.
Last stated 10 months ago
28 Dec 2025
SD
Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-12-28 — 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 is not the way to get good creative work.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
SK
Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — 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 is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
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Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — 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're dying" is truer of the person than of 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 closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
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 pace sustainably without constant overwork 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
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Progress used to run in several industries at once and now runs in one, which is what the slowdown actually consists of.
Last stated 23 Jan 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds Jason Crawford
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Similar wording
AI has accelerated the pace of development but not the pace of business, and that mismatch will become more and more apparent.
Last stated 1 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Kent Beck
Similar wording
Progress is not driven mainly by material resources, so running out of them is not what would stop it.
Last stated 12 Sept 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Jason Crawford
Similar wording
For the whole of human history the bottleneck on progress has been getting a group of smart people together around a shared goal.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Alexandr Wang
Similar wording
Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed
Last stated 19 Nov 2019 · 7 years ago
No longer holds Scott Alexander
Similar wording
Technology has changed, but how companies are run has not.
Last stated 25 Jan 2018 · 9 years ago
Holds Brian Chesky
Similar wording
Technology changes rapidly while people and culture change slowly
Last stated c. 2013
Holds Don Norman
Similar wording
The case for a technological slowdown since about 1970 is not convincing.
Last stated 23 Jan 2021 · 6 years ago
No longer holds Jason Crawford
Similar wording
The pace of medical innovation can be sped up or slowed down by policy, funding and institutional choices.
Last stated 28 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Saloni Dattani
Same subject: creativity
A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Susan Kare
Same subject: creativity
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
Last stated c. 1959
Holds Isaac Asimov
Same subject: creativity
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 8 Jan 2013 · 14 years ago
Holds Daniel Dennett
Same subject: LLMs
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 10 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Same subject: LLMs
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Dex Horthy
Same subject: LLMs
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Last stated 17 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Patrick Collison
Same subject: ambition
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 25 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Cohen
Same subject: ambition
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds William MacAskill
Same subject: ambition
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 Nov 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson