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Read this korrent: The growth-mindset message may have stressed effort too much and made change sound too easy
The growth-mindset message may have stressed effort too much and made change sound too easy
Last stated 11 years ago
22 Sept 2015
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Carol Dweck — holds since 2015-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growth mindset is not just about effort — tap to centre the map on it
A growth mindset is not just about effort
Last stated 11 years ago
22 Sept 2015
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Carol Dweck — holds since 2015-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Raising your tolerance for change and being willing to embrace it is very important. — tap to centre the map on it
Raising your tolerance for change and being willing to embrace it is very important.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The difficulty of raising more children increases gradually enough that parents adapt to it without noticing. — tap to centre the map on it
The difficulty of raising more children increases gradually enough that parents adapt to it without noticing.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Overly gentle language in feedback can confuse the message — tap to centre the map on it
Overly gentle language in feedback can confuse the message
Last stated 3 years ago
12 Mar 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Net may not produce a more complex vision of reality, because what becomes too easy becomes sloppy — tap to centre the map on it
The Net may not produce a more complex vision of reality, because what becomes too easy becomes sloppy
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Learning should be made harder rather than easier, and a teacher's instinct to smooth the path is the first thing that goes wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
Learning should be made harder rather than easier, and a teacher's instinct to smooth the path is the first thing that goes wrong.
Last stated 3 months ago
13 Jul 2026
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Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everyone is a mix of fixed and growth mindsets, and growth means staying aware of fixed-mindset thoughts — tap to centre the map on it
Everyone is a mix of fixed and growth mindsets, and growth means staying aware of fixed-mindset thoughts
Last stated 11 years ago
22 Sept 2015
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Carol Dweck — holds since 2015-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for. — tap to centre the map on it
Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
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Colin Percival — holds since 2025-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it
A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets.
Last stated 4 months ago
27 May 2026
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it
A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops.
Last stated 8 years ago
2 Jun 2018
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Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
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Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it
A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
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Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it
A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse.
Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it
AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives
Last stated yesterday
2 Oct 2026
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it
A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death.
Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Last stated a month ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it
A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children.
Last stated a month ago
24 Aug 2026
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Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
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