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Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Saying ‘you don’t have one brain, you have two’ is an oversimplification. Saying ‘you don’t have one brain, you havetwo’ is an oversimplification. Last stated 3 weeks ago 11 Oct 2026 LB Lisa Feldman Barrett — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Duplicating logic is no longer painful, while abstractions still are. — tap to centre the map on it Duplicating logic is no longerpainful, while abstractions stillare. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: People often overfixate on reducing one thing at the expense of increasing another. — tap to centre the map on it People often overfixate on reducingone thing at the expense ofincreasing another. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Aug 2024 VV Visakan Veerasamy — holds since 2024-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Multitasking is not thinking and impairs the ability to think, which means concentrating on one thing long enough — tap to centre the map on it Multitasking is not thinking andimpairs the ability to think, whichmeans concentrating on one thinglong enough Last stated 17 years ago 1 Mar 2010 WD William Deresiewicz — holds since 2010-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: That the brain produces the mind is still just an assumption; we have no working theory of how it happens — tap to centre the map on it That the brain produces the mind isstill just an assumption; we have noworking theory of how it happens Last stated 3 years ago 11 Jan 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have. — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge that lives only in a bookor a machine is not knowledge youhave. Last stated 12 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without our hands, our brain does not function properly. — tap to centre the map on it Without our hands, our brain doesnot function properly. Last stated 3 years ago by 4 Mar 2024 ES Erik Spiekermann — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot really understand the code you write unless you are also the one operating it. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot really understand thecode you write unless you are alsothe one operating it. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: External bodies are not needed to explain how we come to have our ideas — tap to centre the map on it External bodies are not needed toexplain how we come to have ourideas GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — 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 singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it A design has to be kept simple forreliability and intellectualcontrol, but nobody yet knows how toreach simplicity systematically. Last stated 28 years ago 1 Mar 1999 ED Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feature only truly reaches billions of users when they do not have to think about a switch or a mode. — tap to centre the map on it A feature only truly reachesbillions of users when they do nothave to think about a switch or amode. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Aug 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Communicating clearly is less about the number of words used and more about focusing on the right ideas and directions. — tap to centre the map on it Communicating clearly is less aboutthe number of words used and moreabout focusing on the right ideasand directions. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jan 2024 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you simplify your English, a stupid remark becomes obviously stupid, even to yourself. — tap to centre the map on it If you simplify your English, astupid remark becomes obviouslystupid, even to yourself. Last stated 81 years ago 1 Apr 1946 GO George Orwell — holds since 1946-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most music writing in the internet age should consist only of a link and a brief recommendation. — tap to centre the map on it Most music writing in the internetage should consist only of a linkand a brief recommendation. Last stated 2 months ago 7 Sept 2026 RP Rick Perlstein — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Saying ‘you don’t have one brain, you have two’ is an oversimplification. Last stated 11 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago Holds Lisa Feldman Barrett Read this korrent →