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16 Jun 2026
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: This is the golden age of humanity and the end of its beginning; in a thousand years these decades will be studied the way we study the end of the Roman Republic. — tap to centre the map on it This is the golden age of humanity and the end of its beginning; in a thousand years these decades will be studied the way we study the end of the Roman Republic. Last stated 12 months ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Group theory took a hundred years to travel from one man's hunch to something the mathematical community agreed was good, passing through many heads on the way. — tap to centre the map on it Group theory took a hundred years to travel from one man's hunch to something the mathematical community agreed was good, passing through many heads on the way. Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Renaissance and early modern period were not a better time to be alive than the Middle Ages they are said to have rescued Europe from. — tap to centre the map on it The Renaissance and early modern period were not a better time to be alive than the Middle Ages they are said to have rescued Europe from. Last stated a year ago
30 Apr 2025
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Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The way we make things is out of tune with the time dimension of the natural world, and that has to change even if it means designing on the scale of centuries. — tap to centre the map on it The way we make things is out of tune with the time dimension of the natural world, and that has to change even if it means designing on the scale of centuries. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Sept 2023
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Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The idea that Newton was the first modern scientist is wrong: he was a transitional hybrid, part superstitious and part modern. — tap to centre the map on it The idea that Newton was the first modern scientist is wrong: he was a transitional hybrid, part superstitious and part modern. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: I am a classicist rather than a contrarian: I am in step with what thinkers about the mind have always held, and content to be out of step with my own field for decades. — tap to centre the map on it I am a classicist rather than a contrarian: I am in step with what thinkers about the mind have always held, and content to be out of step with my own field for decades. Last stated 11 months ago
26 Sept 2025
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Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Renaissance did not put human potential in the future: backwards was forwards, and the highest thing people could imagine being was Rome again. — tap to centre the map on it The Renaissance did not put human potential in the future: backwards was forwards, and the highest thing people could imagine being was Rome again. Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Urban life in the West did not merely change after Rome, it practically vanished, and had to be built again from scratch centuries later. — tap to centre the map on it Urban life in the West did not merely change after Rome, it practically vanished, and had to be built again from scratch centuries later. Last stated 5 years ago
28 Jan 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago
10 Sept 2025
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Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. — tap to centre the map on it A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. Last stated 2 days ago
5 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are
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The Renaissance is not two hundred years of people being wrong about Plato; it is two hundred years of original thought using the ancients as a trellis.
Holds AP Ada PalmerRead this korrent →
This is the golden age of humanity and the end of its beginning; in a thousand years these decades will be studied the way we study the end of the Roman Republic.
Holds
Group theory took a hundred years to travel from one man's hunch to something the mathematical community agreed was good, passing through many heads on the way.
Holds GS Grant Sanderson
The Renaissance and early modern period were not a better time to be alive than the Middle Ages they are said to have rescued Europe from.
Holds EJ Eleanor JanegaAP Ada Palmer
The way we make things is out of tune with the time dimension of the natural world, and that has to change even if it means designing on the scale of centuries.
Holds NO Neri Oxman
The idea that Newton was the first modern scientist is wrong: he was a transitional hybrid, part superstitious and part modern.
Holds MN Michael Nielsen
I am a classicist rather than a contrarian: I am in step with what thinkers about the mind have always held, and content to be out of step with my own field for decades.
Holds RS Richard Sutton
The Renaissance did not put human potential in the future: backwards was forwards, and the highest thing people could imagine being was Rome again.
Holds AP Ada Palmer
Urban life in the West did not merely change after Rome, it practically vanished, and had to be built again from scratch centuries later.
Holds BD Bret Devereaux
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Holds MH Max Hodak
A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it.
Holds
A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language.
Holds DR David Reich
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Holds EB Eric Berger
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Holds PK Paul Krugman
A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Holds