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Same subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Reading literature from a vastly different historical culture requires explanatory context, without which its characters can feel completely unrelatable. Reading literature from a vastly differenthistorical culture requires explanatorycontext, without which its characters canfeel completely unrelatable. Last stated 3 days ago 4 Sept 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book of radically unusual ideas drifts unread for centuries until a decade's new questions happen to be answered inside it, and then everyone reads it at once. — tap to centre the map on it A book of radically unusual ideasdrifts unread for centuries until adecade's new questions happen to beanswered inside it, and theneveryone reads it at once. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Jun 2026 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hardest thing for a future historian to recover will be how little the world outside understood, because whatever happened looks inevitable in retrospect. — tap to centre the map on it The hardest thing for a futurehistorian to recover will be howlittle the world outside understood,because whatever happened looksinevitable in retrospect. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Feb 2026 DA Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Language models have no culture — no written record they hand to one another — and that absence is one of the things holding them back. — tap to centre the map on it Language models have no culture — nowritten record they hand to oneanother — and that absence is one ofthe things holding them back. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Reading literature from a vastly different historical culture requires explanatory context, without which its characters can feel completely unrelatable. Last stated 4 Sept 2026 · 3 days ago Holds Scott Alexander Read this korrent →