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Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Technological advances have produced more terrifying weapons of destruction. Technological advances have produced moreterrifying weapons of destruction. Last stated a year ago 4 Oct 2025 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2025-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hostility to a new technology comes from people whose power rests on the old one, because the new technology reorders who holds status. — tap to centre the map on it Hostility to a new technology comesfrom people whose power rests on theold one, because the new technologyreorders who holds status. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once a technology is released into the world, it becomes very difficult to control. — tap to centre the map on it Once a technology is released intothe world, it becomes very difficultto control. Last stated 8 months ago 28 Feb 2026 JS Jasmine Sun — holds since 2026-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: When most people say "technology," they are politically mystifying advanced industrial capitalism. — tap to centre the map on it When most people say "technology,"they are politically mystifyingadvanced industrial capitalism. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MB Mandy Brown — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because the AI arms race will produce ever more destructive weapons, a small spark could ignite a catastrophe — tap to centre the map on it Because the AI arms race willproduce ever more destructiveweapons, a small spark could ignitea catastrophe YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: People should be more worried about AI bioweapons than they currently are. — tap to centre the map on it People should be more worried aboutAI bioweapons than they currentlyare. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological progress is not a guarantee that any specific technology will be a force for good. — tap to centre the map on it Technological progress is not aguarantee that any specifictechnology will be a force for good. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 KP Kelsey Piper — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The internet is unusual among universal technologies in having made about as much worse as it made better. — tap to centre the map on it The internet is unusual amonguniversal technologies in havingmade about as much worse as it madebetter. Last stated 10 months ago 6 Jan 2026 MH Morgan Housel — holds since 2026-01-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — 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 afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Amazon is a relatively environmentally clean company on a per-dollar basis because of its operational efficiency. — tap to centre the map on it Amazon is a relativelyenvironmentally clean company on aper-dollar basis because of itsoperational efficiency. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Technological advances have produced more terrifying weapons of destruction. Last stated 4 Oct 2025 · a year ago Holds Waqas Younas Read this korrent →