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Read this korrent: The deepest political conflict of the internet era is between those using the network to reinforce top-down power and those using it to disrupt it.
The deepest political conflict of the internet era is between those using the network to reinforce top-down power and those using it to disrupt it.
Last stated 5 years ago
25 Jan 2022
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The US federal government will eventually impose heavy-handed control over the internet. — tap to centre the map on it
The US federal government will eventually impose heavy-handed control over the internet.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The internet already functions as a de facto legal system governing nearly all global communications and transactions. — tap to centre the map on it
The internet already functions as a de facto legal system governing nearly all global communications and transactions.
Last stated a year ago
12 Oct 2025
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Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2025-10-12 — 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 comes from people whose power rests on the old one, because the new technology reorders who holds status.
Last stated 5 years ago
25 Jan 2022
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A powerful new technology that benefits only part of society is inherently politically destabilizing. — tap to centre the map on it
A powerful new technology that benefits only part of society is inherently politically destabilizing.
Last stated a month ago
9 Sept 2026
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every earlier wave, the internet included, had to be argued for; AI is the first where nobody has to be persuaded that it matters. — tap to centre the map on it
Every earlier wave, the internet included, had to be argued for; AI is the first where nobody has to be persuaded that it matters.
Last stated 7 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Martin Fowler — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Many of society's problems stem from how people communicate online, not just what they discuss. — tap to centre the map on it
Many of society's problems stem from how people communicate online, not just what they discuss.
Last stated 4 months ago
14 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives. — tap to centre the map on it
A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives.
Last stated a month ago
13 Sept 2026
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Preshit Deorukhkar — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The problem is not that intermediaries exist, but how much power the internet hands them over the people on either side of them. — tap to centre the map on it
The problem is not that intermediaries exist, but how much power the internet hands them over the people on either side of them.
Last stated 4 years ago
19 Feb 2023
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Cory Doctorow — holds since 2023-02-19 — 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 improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
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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 justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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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 is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it
A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate — tap to centre the map on it
A democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims — tap to centre the map on it
A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims
Last stated 5 years ago
9 Feb 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time. — tap to centre the map on it
Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time.
Last stated 8 months ago
1 Mar 2026
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Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are
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