Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← Rewriting is rethinking, and the best single way to sharpen an idea.
17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 28 Nov 2018 to 4 Oct 2026.
Everything filed under writing
writing
Everything filed under AI and human skill
AI and human skill
Everything filed under taste
taste
Everything filed under AI writing
AI writing
Everything filed under innovation
innovation
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject
Read this korrent: Rewriting is rethinking, and the best single way to sharpen an idea.
Rewriting is rethinking, and the best single way to sharpen an idea.
Last stated 6 years ago
by 24 Dec 2020
DP
David Perell — holds since 2020-12-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing and thinking are mutually reinforcing processes. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing and thinking are mutually reinforcing processes.
Last stated 7 years ago
6 Oct 2019
SS
Steph Smith — holds since 2019-10-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing is a stricter test of an idea than talking about it. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing is a stricter test of an idea than talking about it.
Last stated 5 years ago
1 Feb 2022
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2022-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Rewriting software from scratch gives developers the freedom to try techniques they might not otherwise attempt. — tap to centre the map on it
Rewriting software from scratch gives developers the freedom to try techniques they might not otherwise attempt.
Last stated 10 months ago
29 Dec 2025
AP
Aaron Patterson — holds since 2025-12-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Discussion expands the space of possibilities, while writing narrows a tangle of loose ideas down to what is essential. — tap to centre the map on it
Discussion expands the space of possibilities, while writing narrows a tangle of loose ideas down to what is essential.
Last stated 8 years ago
28 Nov 2018
AB
Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2018-11-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that mattered. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that mattered.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Apr 2026
MK
Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing is a powerful tool for enhancing thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing is a powerful tool for enhancing thinking.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
NW
Natalie Wexler — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A rewrite is a good move for the future of Simple Commerce. — tap to centre the map on it
A rewrite is a good move for the future of Simple Commerce.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
DM
Duncan McClean — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing about something, even something you know well, usually shows you that you did not know it as well as you thought. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing about something, even something you know well, usually shows you that you did not know it as well as you thought.
Last stated 5 years ago
1 Feb 2022
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2022-02-01 — 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 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: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
CB
Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
LS
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 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
SY
Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents are now capable enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents are now capable enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Sept 2026
FA
Fatih Arslan — holds since 2026-09-11 — 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 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — 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 11 months ago
9 Dec 2025
RS
Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are