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← Reading is an irreducible experience with nothing else quite to compare it to.
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Read this korrent: Reading is an irreducible experience with nothing else quite to compare it to.
Reading is an irreducible experience with nothing else quite to compare it to.
Last stated 6 months ago
16 May 2026
VC
Vajra Chandrasekera — holds since 2026-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading a book is fundamentally a solitary experience, unlike watching a film or TV show in a group. — tap to centre the map on it
Reading a book is fundamentally a solitary experience, unlike watching a film or TV show in a group.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
LM
Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is the text, not the physical book, that makes reading happen. — tap to centre the map on it
It is the text, not the physical book, that makes reading happen.
Last stated 6 months ago
16 May 2026
VC
Vajra Chandrasekera — holds since 2026-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading fiction does not mean believing its events or entering delusion. — tap to centre the map on it
Reading fiction does not mean believing its events or entering delusion.
Last stated 6 months ago
16 May 2026
VC
Vajra Chandrasekera — holds since 2026-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading books lets you live a thousand lives instead of one. — tap to centre the map on it
Reading books lets you live a thousand lives instead of one.
Last stated 10 months ago
18 Jan 2026
TL
Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Schools stressing only reading and writing undervalue children's ordinary experience — tap to centre the map on it
Schools stressing only reading and writing undervalue children's ordinary experience
JA
Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading and listening are only preparation; learning happens by doing, and it consists of failing on the way to mastery. — tap to centre the map on it
Reading and listening are only preparation; learning happens by doing, and it consists of failing on the way to mastery.
Last stated 3 years ago
26 Mar 2024
SG
Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Interface copy is an affordance: reading it is an act that gives the user information for what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it
Interface copy is an affordance: reading it is an act that gives the user information for what to do next.
Last stated 7 years ago
by 10 Jul 2019
RS
Ryan Singer — holds since 2019-07-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is a huge cognitive difference between approving a text one reads and actually generating it. — tap to centre the map on it
There is a huge cognitive difference between approving a text one reads and actually generating it.
Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
ES
Eric Schwitzgebel — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use. — tap to centre the map on it
A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use.
Last stated 5 months ago
1 Jun 2026
NH
Nick Harkaway — holds since 2026-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
GS
Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters — tap to centre the map on it
A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters
Last stated 3 years ago
8 Jul 2023
DH
Douglas Hofstadter — holds since 2023-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI — tap to centre the map on it
A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI
Last stated 3 weeks ago
19 Oct 2026
TH
Troy Hunt — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A job that consists of approving AI output has no flow channel at all, because the challenge has been exported to the machine and only the vigilance remains. — tap to centre the map on it
A job that consists of approving AI output has no flow channel at all, because the challenge has been exported to the machine and only the vigilance remains.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
JN
Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen. — tap to centre the map on it
A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen.
Last stated 2 years ago
3 Aug 2024
DL
Devoney Looser — holds since 2024-08-03 — 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 7 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship. — tap to centre the map on it
A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship.
Last stated 3 years ago
13 Aug 2023
SD
Seth Dickinson — holds since 2023-08-13 — tap for who they are
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