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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 29 Sept 2018 to 4 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about empathy .
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Read this korrent: Range, not a distinctive style, is what separates a designer from an artist, so a portfolio where everything looks alike is a bad sign.
Range, not a distinctive style, is what separates a designer from an artist, so a portfolio where everything looks alike is a bad sign.
Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers lost sight of what serves users and the business best: building things that work well and that people love. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers lost sight of what serves users and the business best: building things that work well and that people love.
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Jun 2024
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Jenny Wen — holds since 2024-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for. — tap to centre the map on it
Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for.
Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
ES
Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
CP
Colin Percival — holds since 2025-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Systems thinking and user empathy in agent design are the old product principles in disguise. — tap to centre the map on it
Systems thinking and user empathy in agent design are the old product principles in disguise.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Sept 2026
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Nan Yu — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
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Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating. — tap to centre the map on it
Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Sept 2026
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Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Creativity is a choice: extending empathy to the person being served and announcing something into the future that might not work. — tap to centre the map on it
Creativity is a choice: extending empathy to the person being served and announcing something into the future that might not work.
Last stated 3 years ago
26 Mar 2024
SG
Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Effective writing requires empathy for the reader, not only thought about what you want to say. — tap to centre the map on it
Effective writing requires empathy for the reader, not only thought about what you want to say.
Last stated 4 years ago
27 Feb 2023
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2023-02-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
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Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
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Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 3 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
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Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Apr 2026
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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 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 fountain of creativity alone cannot build anything big, and management alone does nothing new. — tap to centre the map on it
A fountain of creativity alone cannot build anything big, and management alone does nothing new.
Last stated 8 months ago
15 Mar 2026
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2026-03-15 — tap for who they are
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