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Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under government government Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Success as a lawyer is taken as a sign of barbarian astuteness, since the work is predatory fraud Success as a lawyer is taken as a sign ofbarbarian astuteness, since the work ispredatory fraud TV Thorstein Veblen — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are Same subject: The average firm usually defers to incompetent public relations advice and overly conservative lawyers when confronted with an integrity crisis. — tap to centre the map on it The average firm usually defers toincompetent public relations adviceand overly conservative lawyers whenconfronted with an integrity crisis. Last stated 39 years ago 27 Jul 1987 TP Tom Peters — holds since 1987-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Law and morals oppose the cosmic process and tend to suppress the traits that win the struggle for existence — tap to centre the map on it Law and morals oppose the cosmicprocess and tend to suppress thetraits that win the struggle forexistence TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Achieving success and respect inevitably attracts harsh critics — tap to centre the map on it Achieving success and respectinevitably attracts harsh critics Last stated 3 years ago 25 Jan 2024 MM Mark Manson — holds since 2024-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: For law and morality, this normality is more terrifying than the atrocities: the new criminal can hardly know he does wrong — tap to centre the map on it For law and morality, this normalityis more terrifying than theatrocities: the new criminal canhardly know he does wrong HA Hannah Arendt — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bold risk-taking and conservative paranoia can work together, as when Gates pursued an audacious vision while wanting a year of payroll in cash, combining getting rich with staying rich. — tap to centre the map on it Bold risk-taking and conservativeparanoia can work together, as whenGates pursued an audacious visionwhile wanting a year of payroll incash, combining getting rich withstaying rich. Last stated 2 years ago 28 May 2024 MH Morgan Housel — holds since 2024-05-28 — 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 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: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A venture capital "regatta", where most of the race happens before the Series A, is replacing the VC factory model. — tap to centre the map on it A venture capital "regatta", wheremost of the race happens before theSeries A, is replacing the VCfactory model. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Dec 2024 SL Sam Lessin — holds since 2024-12-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Success as a lawyer is taken as a sign of barbarian astuteness, since the work is predatory fraud Last stated c. 1899 Holds Thorstein Veblen Read this korrent →