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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 26 Jul 2014 to 5 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about social media .
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Read this korrent: Removing phones and social media from kids brings back the joy of reading and makes them smarter and happier.
Removing phones and social media from kids brings back the joy of reading and makes them smarter and happier.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 Jul 2026
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Spencer Cox — holds since 2026-07-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A food’s value should not be set by the attention it gets on social media. — tap to centre the map on it
A food’s value should not be set by the attention it gets on social media.
Last stated 2 years ago
12 Dec 2024
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Yotam Ottolenghi — holds since 2024-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break. — tap to centre the map on it
A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break.
Last stated 8 months ago
17 Feb 2026
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Jon Haidt — holds since 2026-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advertising is what has degraded the quality of websites and social platforms like Instagram. — tap to centre the map on it
Advertising is what has degraded the quality of websites and social platforms like Instagram.
Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Dave Rupert — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI design tools are starting at the low end and eating their way up: within ten years even the richest brands will rely heavily on them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI design tools are starting at the low end and eating their way up: within ten years even the richest brands will rely heavily on them.
Last stated 2 years ago
8 Aug 2024
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Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2024-08-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is creating user surplus and capital deepening, even if it is not yet showing up in TFP data. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is creating user surplus and capital deepening, even if it is not yet showing up in TFP data.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
5 Oct 2026
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Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Algorithmic feeds seem to have nudged people into conforming to each other, a homogenised culture in which everyone accepts the average. — tap to centre the map on it
Algorithmic feeds seem to have nudged people into conforming to each other, a homogenised culture in which everyone accepts the average.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Jan 2024
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Kyle Chayka — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America's power is recovering from an authoritarian grip on free speech — tap to centre the map on it
America's power is recovering from an authoritarian grip on free speech
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Jan 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-01-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it
A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death
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Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it
A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together.
Last stated 4 years ago
13 Jan 2023
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Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it
A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 May 2024
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having no responsibilities can be harmful — tap to centre the map on it
Having no responsibilities can be harmful
Last stated 3 years ago
24 Dec 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-12-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having too little to do can be worse than having too much — tap to centre the map on it
Having too little to do can be worse than having too much
Last stated 3 years ago
11 Apr 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-04-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Lasting satisfaction comes from studying how others play, then defining and fully playing one's own game rather than someone else's. — tap to centre the map on it
Lasting satisfaction comes from studying how others play, then defining and fully playing one's own game rather than someone else's.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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swyx — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it
Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest.
Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it
Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Aug 2026
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Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it
Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all
Last stated 12 years ago
26 Jul 2014
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Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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Removing phones and social media from kids brings back the joy of reading and makes them smarter and happier.
Last stated 10 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Spencer Cox
Read this korrent →
Same subject: social media
A food’s value should not be set by the attention it gets on social media.
Last stated 12 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Yotam Ottolenghi
Same subject: social media
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: social media
A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break.
Last stated 17 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Jon Haidt
Same subject: social media
Advertising is what has degraded the quality of websites and social platforms like Instagram.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Dave Rupert
Same subject: social media
AI design tools are starting at the low end and eating their way up: within ten years even the richest brands will rely heavily on them.
Last stated 8 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Jakob Nielsen
Same subject: social media
AI is creating user surplus and capital deepening, even if it is not yet showing up in TFP data.
Last stated 5 Oct 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Brad DeLong
Same subject: social media
Algorithmic feeds seem to have nudged people into conforming to each other, a homogenised culture in which everyone accepts the average.
Last stated 17 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Kyle Chayka
Same subject: social media
America's power is recovering from an authoritarian grip on free speech
Last stated 7 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: happiness
A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death
Last stated c. 1661–1675
Holds Baruch Spinoza
Same subject: happiness
A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together.
Last stated 13 Jan 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds Robert Waldinger
Same subject: happiness
A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none.
Last stated 16 May 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds L. M. Sacasas
Same subject: motivation
Having no responsibilities can be harmful
Last stated 24 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: motivation
Having too little to do can be worse than having too much
Last stated 11 Apr 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: motivation
Lasting satisfaction comes from studying how others play, then defining and fully playing one's own game rather than someone else's.
Last stated 22 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds swyx
Same subject: ambition
Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest.
Last stated 24 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Masud Husain
Same subject: ambition
Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.
Last stated 28 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ryan Holiday
Same subject: ambition
Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all
Last stated 26 Jul 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds Greg McKeown