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13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We are already in an intelligence explosion and have been for decades, so AI will show up as more of the same exponential rather than a break in it. — tap to centre the map on it We are already in an intelligence explosion and have been for decades, so AI will show up as more of the same exponential rather than a break in it. Last stated a year ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Economic inequality is growing because technology makes companies easier to start and faster to grow, not because of tax policy. — tap to centre the map on it Economic inequality is growing because technology makes companies easier to start and faster to grow, not because of tax policy. Last stated 2 months ago
16 Aug 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The good old days are mostly an illusion: by almost every measure that can be counted, life today is better for almost everyone than it was fifty or a hundred years ago. — tap to centre the map on it The good old days are mostly an illusion: by almost every measure that can be counted, life today is better for almost everyone than it was fifty or a hundred years ago. Last stated 3 years ago
14 Dec 2023
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Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Robots will close a severe and worsening labour shortage rather than take jobs, because ageing economies already cannot find the workers they need. — tap to centre the map on it Robots will close a severe and worsening labour shortage rather than take jobs, because ageing economies already cannot find the workers they need. Last stated 9 months ago
8 Jan 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humanity's advantage is accumulated shared knowledge rather than higher intelligence — and AI models, which vanish with their context window, have none of it. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity's advantage is accumulated shared knowledge rather than higher intelligence — and AI models, which vanish with their context window, have none of it. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The AI boom is not yet bigger than the railroad boom, which hit 5.4% of GDP in the 1870s, though it is close and its decade average might end up bigger. — tap to centre the map on it The AI boom is not yet bigger than the railroad boom, which hit 5.4% of GDP in the 1870s, though it is close and its decade average might end up bigger. Last stated 4 weeks ago
26 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automating everything except the ballerina need not raise labour's share, because the marginal value of the automated stuff falls faster than its quantity rises. — tap to centre the map on it Automating everything except the ballerina need not raise labour's share, because the marginal value of the automated stuff falls faster than its quantity rises. Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The share of income spent on things only a human can do will stay negligible, because new things to buy keep being invented faster than we satiate on the old ones. — tap to centre the map on it The share of income spent on things only a human can do will stay negligible, because new things to buy keep being invented faster than we satiate on the old ones. Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago
13 Dec 1968
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Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. Last stated 3 years ago
25 Oct 2023
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Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jul 2026
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Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago
6 Nov 2015
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Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
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Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
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Since 1990 ageing economies have grown richer rather than poorer, because ageing pushes a society to adopt automation faster.
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We are already in an intelligence explosion and have been for decades, so AI will show up as more of the same exponential rather than a break in it.
Holds
Economic inequality is growing because technology makes companies easier to start and faster to grow, not because of tax policy.
Holds
The good old days are mostly an illusion: by almost every measure that can be counted, life today is better for almost everyone than it was fifty or a hundred years ago.
Holds
Robots will close a severe and worsening labour shortage rather than take jobs, because ageing economies already cannot find the workers they need.
Holds
Humanity's advantage is accumulated shared knowledge rather than higher intelligence — and AI models, which vanish with their context window, have none of it.
Holds
The AI boom is not yet bigger than the railroad boom, which hit 5.4% of GDP in the 1870s, though it is close and its decade average might end up bigger.
Holds
Automating everything except the ballerina need not raise labour's share, because the marginal value of the automated stuff falls faster than its quantity rises.
Holds
The share of income spent on things only a human can do will stay negligible, because new things to buy keep being invented faster than we satiate on the old ones.
Holds
A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero
Holds
A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death.
Holds
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Holds
"Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible.
Holds
A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Holds
A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves.
Holds
A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists.
Holds
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Holds
A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new.
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