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24 Sept 2021
DP
David Perell — holds since 2021-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Merging back what a copy of yourself learned elsewhere is dangerous: the knowledge you pull in can carry hidden goals and take you over. — tap to centre the map on it Merging back what a copy of yourself learned elsewhere is dangerous: the knowledge you pull in can carry hidden goals and take you over. Last stated a year ago
26 Sept 2025
RS
Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It makes sense to load up on the very few good insights one has rather than pretend to know everything about everything at all times — tap to centre the map on it It makes sense to load up on the very few good insights one has rather than pretend to know everything about everything at all times
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since c. 1994 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Constant exposure to information can hinder original thought — tap to centre the map on it Constant exposure to information can hinder original thought Last stated 3 years ago
19 Jun 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: More information did not open minds or inform people better; it can mean less understanding — tap to centre the map on it More information did not open minds or inform people better; it can mean less understanding Last stated 5 months ago
6 May 2026
NC
Nicholas Carr — holds since 2026-05-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pushing complexity further means using all our ways of taking in information, not all of them rational — tap to centre the map on it Pushing complexity further means using all our ways of taking in information, not all of them rational
MC
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Profound transformations of the mind are real and underappreciated, and that fact deserves to be preserved as knowledge. — tap to centre the map on it Profound transformations of the mind are real and underappreciated, and that fact deserves to be preserved as knowledge. Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. — tap to centre the map on it You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jul 2026
PS
Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Talking and writing are not read-outs of a finished thought -- they are the thinking, so a faster brain-to-text channel would not make you think faster. — tap to centre the map on it Talking and writing are not read-outs of a finished thought -- they are the thinking, so a faster brain-to-text channel would not make you think faster. Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
MH
Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
MM
Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
BS
Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 4 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. Last stated 10 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated 3 weeks ago
17 Sept 2026
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
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Rushing information into your mind can create the illusion of knowledge.
Holds Read this korrent →
Merging back what a copy of yourself learned elsewhere is dangerous: the knowledge you pull in can carry hidden goals and take you over.
Holds
It makes sense to load up on the very few good insights one has rather than pretend to know everything about everything at all times
Last stated c. 1994
Holds
Constant exposure to information can hinder original thought
Holds
More information did not open minds or inform people better; it can mean less understanding
Holds
Pushing complexity further means using all our ways of taking in information, not all of them rational
Last stated c. 1996
Holds
Profound transformations of the mind are real and underappreciated, and that fact deserves to be preserved as knowledge.
Holds
You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity.
Holds
Talking and writing are not read-outs of a finished thought -- they are the thinking, so a faster brain-to-text channel would not make you think faster.
Holds
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Holds
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Holds
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Holds
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Holds
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Holds
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds