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← Someone who never writes has no fully formed ideas about anything nontrivial, and never realises it.

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 ambition ambition Everything filed under creativity creativity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Someone who never writes has no fully formed ideas about anything nontrivial, and never realises it. Someone who never writes has no fullyformed ideas about anything nontrivial,and never realises it. Last stated 5 years ago 1 Feb 2022 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2022-02-01 — 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, evensomething you know well, usuallyshows you that you did not know itas 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: 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 ofpossibilities, while writing narrowsa tangle of loose ideas down to whatis essential. Last stated 8 years ago 28 Nov 2018 AB Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2018-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The middle ground in writing disappears: what is left is good writers and people who cannot write, with no ok writers in between. — tap to centre the map on it The middle ground in writingdisappears: what is left is goodwriters and people who cannot write,with no ok writers in between. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Oct 2024 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: He is not the most talented writer in the room and never was; what has carried him is the capacity to grind. — tap to centre the map on it He is not the most talented writerin the room and never was; what hascarried him is the capacity togrind. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 SP Steven Pressfield — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Very few people have the blank-sheet creativity to imagine the future unencumbered by the present. — tap to centre the map on it Very few people have the blank-sheetcreativity to imagine the futureunencumbered by the present. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose. — tap to centre the map on it A writer can be artisticallyimportant for revealing newpossibilities without beingtechnically skilled at prose. Last stated 3 months ago 8 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — 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 getsdone, so a writer who hands thewords to a machine has given awaythe 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 stricter test of an idea than talking about it. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is a stricter test of anidea 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: 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-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. 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 withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth 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 workthat 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 betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas 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 areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly 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 enoughthat they should be trusted toimprove the skills and systems thatguide 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 deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. 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 differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir 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 ofwhat it does, so a drink known to becheap fails at its job however goodit tastes. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
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