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← Stagnation does not mean no progress; it means progress slower than the late 1800s to mid-1900s peak.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Stagnation does not mean no progress; it means progress slower than the late 1800s to mid-1900s peak. Stagnation does not mean no progress; itmeans progress slower than the late 1800sto mid-1900s peak. Last stated 6 years ago 23 Jan 2021 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2021-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress means getting nearer where you want to be, so after a wrong turning going forward brings you no nearer — tap to centre the map on it Progress means getting nearer whereyou want to be, so after a wrongturning going forward brings you nonearer CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed — tap to centre the map on it Technological progress did not slowdown from 1970 to the present,compared with its pre-1970 speed Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2014-01-01 — tap for who they are SA Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating history as a march of progress makes whole eras and regions disappear, dismissed for having failed to advance it. — tap to centre the map on it Treating history as a march ofprogress makes whole eras andregions disappear, dismissed forhaving failed to advance it. Last stated 10 years ago 4 Jan 2017 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2017-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The case for a technological slowdown since about 1970 is not convincing. — tap to centre the map on it The case for a technologicalslowdown since about 1970 is notconvincing. Last stated 6 years ago 23 Jan 2021 JC Jason Crawford — no longer holds since 2021-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Not all change is progress, but there is no progress without change — tap to centre the map on it Not all change is progress, butthere is no progress without change JW John Wooden — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are Same subject: What matters in judging technological progress is the trend over time, not the state at any single moment. — tap to centre the map on it What matters in judgingtechnological progress is the trendover time, not the state at anysingle moment. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sustained growth in living standards required productivity to accelerate and population growth to fall at the same time. — tap to centre the map on it Sustained growth in living standardsrequired productivity to accelerateand population growth to fall at thesame time. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 DV Dietrich Vollrath — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Growth always stops eventually, and only a company that instrumented its business beforehand gets to find out why instead of scrambling. — tap to centre the map on it Growth always stops eventually, andonly a company that instrumented itsbusiness beforehand gets to find outwhy instead of scrambling. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — 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 isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 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 notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan 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 forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Stagnation does not mean no progress; it means progress slower than the late 1800s to mid-1900s peak. Last stated 23 Jan 2021 · 6 years ago Holds Jason Crawford Read this korrent →