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← Saying nothing can be even more damaging than saying the wrong thing.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 14 Sept 2008 to 1 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under America America Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under journalism journalism Everything filed under censorship censorship Everything filed under investing investing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Saying nothing can be even more damaging than saying the wrong thing. Saying nothing can be even more damagingthan saying the wrong thing. Last stated 10 years ago 29 Dec 2016 AB Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2016-12-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The one political value worth fighting for is opposing thought control: removing someone for saying the wrong thing is never the right outcome, whichever side does it. — tap to centre the map on it The one political value worthfighting for is opposing thoughtcontrol: removing someone for sayingthe wrong thing is never the rightoutcome, whichever side does it. Last stated a year ago 31 Oct 2025 DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Talking to customers about your product risks discovering that you are wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Talking to customers about yourproduct risks discovering that youare wrong. Last stated 4 years ago 6 Jun 2022 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2022-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A retraction can itself be wrong, and be worth retracting. — tap to centre the map on it A retraction can itself be wrong,and be worth retracting. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Jun 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Failing to credit someone who deserves it does more harm than mistakenly crediting someone who doesn't. — tap to centre the map on it Failing to credit someone whodeserves it does more harm thanmistakenly crediting someone whodoesn't. Last stated 7 years ago 30 May 2019 CO Christopher Olah — holds since 2019-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discourse that doesn't tolerate dissenting viewpoints inevitably produces bad outcomes. — tap to centre the map on it Discourse that doesn't toleratedissenting viewpoints inevitablyproduces bad outcomes. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 BT Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Everyone gets it wrong sometimes' is a bad argument when assessing track records. — tap to centre the map on it 'Everyone gets it wrong sometimes'is a bad argument when assessingtrack records. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 AK Adam Kucharski — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Depending on exposure, one can be extremely wrong and be fine, or slightly wrong and blow up — tap to centre the map on it Depending on exposure, one can beextremely wrong and be fine, orslightly wrong and blow up Last stated 18 years ago 14 Sept 2008 NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since 2008-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: There are no right decisions, only contexts in which decisions turn out to be correct. — tap to centre the map on it There are no right decisions, onlycontexts in which decisions turn outto be correct. Last stated 9 months ago 18 Jan 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it A competent, empowered civil servicethat performs crucial governmentfunctions with in-house expertise isgood. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated 4 weeks ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Saying nothing can be even more damaging than saying the wrong thing. Last stated 29 Dec 2016 · 10 years ago Holds Andrew Bosworth Read this korrent →