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Read this korrent: Remarkable careers take a remarkably large amount of training.
Remarkable careers take a remarkably large amount of training.
Last stated 14 years ago
29 Jun 2012
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Cal Newport — holds since 2012-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is a discrepancy of talent that leads to a discrepancy of competence — tap to centre the map on it
There is a discrepancy of talent that leads to a discrepancy of competence
Last stated 3 years ago
4 Aug 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Great storytelling skill comes from immersion in the liberal arts, not from corporate media training. — tap to centre the map on it
Great storytelling skill comes from immersion in the liberal arts, not from corporate media training.
Last stated 2 years ago
29 Jan 2025
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Ken Norton — holds since 2025-01-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is essential to build an organization that can absorb spiky, unconventional talent. — tap to centre the map on it
It is essential to build an organization that can absorb spiky, unconventional talent.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
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Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences. — tap to centre the map on it
Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences.
Last stated 4 years ago
30 May 2022
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Steve Coast — holds since 2022-05-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans collapse over the course of a life exactly as models do; children say shocking things because they have not overfitted yet. — tap to centre the map on it
Humans collapse over the course of a life exactly as models do; children say shocking things because they have not overfitted yet.
Last stated 12 months ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pre-training is not the process by which humans learn; it sits somewhere between human learning and human evolution. — tap to centre the map on it
Pre-training is not the process by which humans learn; it sits somewhere between human learning and human evolution.
Last stated 8 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is infinite demand for intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it
There is infinite demand for intelligence.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
9 Sept 2026
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Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Relying on gradual, continuous shifts in AI training behavior to catch misalignment will eventually fail because the dangerous shift itself may be discontinuous. — tap to centre the map on it
Relying on gradual, continuous shifts in AI training behavior to catch misalignment will eventually fail because the dangerous shift itself may be discontinuous.
Last stated a month ago
2 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it
"Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it
A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
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: A director's visual style can be balanced with narrative depth to create their best film. — tap to centre the map on it
A director's visual style can be balanced with narrative depth to create their best film.
Last stated 6 days ago
27 Sept 2026
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John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. — tap to centre the map on it
A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes.
Last stated 10 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it
A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it.
Last stated 10 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
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