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← The biggest misconception about information is that it is truth; truth is a rare and costly kind of information

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Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The biggest misconception about information is that it is truth; truth is a rare and costly kind of information The biggest misconception aboutinformation is that it is truth; truth isa rare and costly kind of information Last stated 10 months ago 11 Dec 2025 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2025-12-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Information is the most fundamental unit of the universe, more fundamental than energy or matter. — tap to centre the map on it Information is the most fundamentalunit of the universe, morefundamental than energy or matter. Last stated a year ago 23 Jul 2025 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Information is neither the raw material of truth, as the naive view holds, nor just a weapon, as populists claim — tap to centre the map on it Information is neither the rawmaterial of truth, as the naive viewholds, nor just a weapon, aspopulists claim YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: Confirmation bias, seeking confirming information and dismissing the rest, is an even harder bias to circumvent — tap to centre the map on it Confirmation bias, seekingconfirming information anddismissing the rest, is an evenharder bias to circumvent Last stated 4 years ago 3 Mar 2023 MM Michael Mauboussin — holds since 2023-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Overturned findings do not make knowledge entirely uncertain; we are approaching the truth asymptotically — tap to centre the map on it Overturned findings do not makeknowledge entirely uncertain; we areapproaching the truth asymptotically Last stated 3 weeks ago 29 Sept 2026 SA Samuel Arbesman — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Propaganda is rarely an outright lie — usually it is one real fact taken out of context and blown out of proportion, and answering it on its own terms is already losing to it. — tap to centre the map on it Propaganda is rarely an outright lie— usually it is one real fact takenout of context and blown out ofproportion, and answering it on itsown terms is already losing to it. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Mar 2024 SP Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Perhaps the most valuable information is the kind that guides the search for information — tap to centre the map on it Perhaps the most valuableinformation is the kind that guidesthe search for information WD Will Durant — holds since c. 1917 — tap for who they are Same subject: More information did not open minds or inform people better; it can mean less understanding — tap to centre the map on it More information did not open mindsor inform people better; it can meanless understanding Last stated 6 months ago 6 May 2026 NC Nicholas Carr — holds since 2026-05-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rushing information into your mind can create the illusion of knowledge. — tap to centre the map on it Rushing information into your mindcan create the illusion ofknowledge. Last stated 5 years ago 24 Sept 2021 DP David Perell — holds since 2021-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oilcompanies claim climate progresseven as their total emissions risefrom increased production. Last stated a month ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not fromthin air: it runs on water,minerals, ammonia and industrialplant. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energy willneed more people working the land,and that is not the same as goingback to the past. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it American manufacturing output cannotmeaningfully rise without firstbuilding large amounts of newelectricity generation. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Americans have repeatedly overreacted drastically to real problems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power, swept up in fear after one vivid incident. — tap to centre the map on it Americans have repeatedlyoverreacted drastically to realproblems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclearpower, swept up in fear after onevivid incident. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The biggest misconception about information is that it is truth; truth is a rare and costly kind of information Last stated 11 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →