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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The adulation and the abuse a well-known figure receives are both about the audience's need for a hero or a villain, and have nothing to do with the person. The adulation and the abuse awell-known figure receives are bothabout the audience's need for a heroor a villain, and have nothing to dowith the person. KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The value of an audience does not grow anything like linearly with its size, so a handful of people who genuinely love the work is enough. — tap to centre the map on it The value of an audience doesnot grow anything likelinearly with its size, so ahandful of people who… PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The question to put to a young person is what they want to do, not what they want to be — the roles are a costume and asking about them is cruel. — tap to centre the map on it The question to put to a youngperson is what they want todo, not what they want to be —the roles are a costume and… JK Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sniping at people who are trying to build things is morally bankrupt and it damages the person doing it, however good the likes feel. — tap to centre the map on it Sniping at people who aretrying to build things ismorally bankrupt and itdamages the person doing it… SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Attacking DHH personally over the WP Engine dispute was wrong; the quarrel is with WP Engine and Silver Lake, not with him. — tap to centre the map on it Attacking DHH personally overthe WP Engine dispute waswrong; the quarrel is with WPEngine and Silver Lake, not… MM Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anything loved by many must produce an equal and opposite force of haters; the only escape is mediocrity. — tap to centre the map on it Anything loved by many mustproduce an equal and oppositeforce of haters; the onlyescape is mediocrity. DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building an AI that embodies a real person is a much harder problem than inventing a new AI character from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it Building an AI that embodies areal person is a much harderproblem than inventing a newAI character from scratch. MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: An audience is not buying the subject you cover; it is buying your interest in the subject. — tap to centre the map on it An audience is not buying thesubject you cover; it isbuying your interest in thesubject. ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A vastly superhuman intelligence would still not be able to talk people out of their beliefs, because humans are barely persuadable. — tap to centre the map on it A vastly superhumanintelligence would still notbe able to talk people out oftheir beliefs, because humans… DY Dynomight — holds since 2025-03-27 — tap for who they are DY Dynomight — no longer holds since 2025-08-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The adulation and the abuse a well-known figure receives are both about the audience's need for a hero or a villain, and have nothing to do with the person. Holds Kent Beck Read this korrent →