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15 Sept 2026
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Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading even one book on a niche topic sharply shrinks the number of people you can discuss it with. — tap to centre the map on it Reading even one book on a niche topic sharply shrinks the number of people you can discuss it with. Last stated 3 years ago
15 Oct 2023
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Steve Coast — holds since 2023-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts. — tap to centre the map on it Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts. Last stated a year ago
16 Sept 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because most people read so few books, almost any older book is effectively new to them. — tap to centre the map on it Because most people read so few books, almost any older book is effectively new to them. Last stated a month ago
10 Aug 2026
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Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No great book has been written by a group; books are as good as they are because they always have a single author. — tap to centre the map on it No great book has been written by a group; books are as good as they are because they always have a single author. Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What matters is not how the writer felt while writing it but how the reader will feel while reading it. — tap to centre the map on it What matters is not how the writer felt while writing it but how the reader will feel while reading it. Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People no longer read books the way books assume they will — they jump around, whatever they tell the author. — tap to centre the map on it People no longer read books the way books assume they will — they jump around, whatever they tell the author. Last stated 6 months ago
29 Mar 2026
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After a book you loved, read that author's other books rather than another book on the same subject. — tap to centre the map on it After a book you loved, read that author's other books rather than another book on the same subject. Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Books are almost always better than their film adaptations. — tap to centre the map on it Books are almost always better than their film adaptations. Last stated 6 years ago
21 Aug 2020
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Ming Thein — holds since 2020-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. Last stated 2 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. Last stated 6 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent. — tap to centre the map on it A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent. Last stated a month ago
10 Aug 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject. — tap to centre the map on it An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject. Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ask who benefits from you reading a piece of news, and you conclude that perhaps 95 percent of it was published to get you to buy, support, fight or donate. — tap to centre the map on it Ask who benefits from you reading a piece of news, and you conclude that perhaps 95 percent of it was published to get you to buy, support, fight or donate. Last stated 12 months ago
30 Sept 2025
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Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. Last stated 4 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. Last stated 10 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can be a shortcut around thinking or a way of thinking more rigorously, and for your core job function only the second one is wanted. — tap to centre the map on it AI can be a shortcut around thinking or a way of thinking more rigorously, and for your core job function only the second one is wanted. Last stated a month ago
12 Aug 2026
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Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
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Reading a book is fundamentally a solitary experience, unlike watching a film or TV show in a group.
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Reading even one book on a niche topic sharply shrinks the number of people you can discuss it with.
Holds
Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts.
Holds
Because most people read so few books, almost any older book is effectively new to them.
Holds
No great book has been written by a group; books are as good as they are because they always have a single author.
Holds
What matters is not how the writer felt while writing it but how the reader will feel while reading it.
Holds
People no longer read books the way books assume they will — they jump around, whatever they tell the author.
Holds
After a book you loved, read that author's other books rather than another book on the same subject.
Holds
Books are almost always better than their film adaptations.
Holds
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Holds
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Holds
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Holds
A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent.
Holds
An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject.
Holds
Ask who benefits from you reading a piece of news, and you conclude that perhaps 95 percent of it was published to get you to buy, support, fight or donate.
Holds
A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it.
Holds
A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do.
Holds
AI can be a shortcut around thinking or a way of thinking more rigorously, and for your core job function only the second one is wanted.
Holds