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mental models Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: The rules of social engagement have changed unrecognizably. The rules of social engagement have changed unrecognizably. Last stated 3 years ago
16 Jan 2024
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Etgar Keret — holds since 2024-01-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When social norms break down, they have to be replaced with more rules, oversight and enforcement. — tap to centre the map on it When social norms break down, they have to be replaced with more rules, oversight and enforcement. Last stated 6 months ago
16 May 2026
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Asha Rangappa — holds since 2026-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Comparative advantage stops governing once the power imbalance is large enough: groups then switch into seeking to dominate instead of trading. — tap to centre the map on it Comparative advantage stops governing once the power imbalance is large enough: groups then switch into seeking to dominate instead of trading. Last stated 7 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The organising rule under extreme growth is that no team may block another — even when honouring it means adding to the very monolith you are trying to dismantle. — tap to centre the map on it The organising rule under extreme growth is that no team may block another — even when honouring it means adding to the very monolith you are trying to dismantle. Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Changing societal outcomes requires changing minds, and the credibility many diverse co-authors lend to a conclusion is hard to replicate with AI. — tap to centre the map on it Changing societal outcomes requires changing minds, and the credibility many diverse co-authors lend to a conclusion is hard to replicate with AI. Last stated a year ago
27 Aug 2025
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Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-08-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard. — tap to centre the map on it Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard. Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Changing significant rules midway through a stressful tournament is a bad idea. — tap to centre the map on it Changing significant rules midway through a stressful tournament is a bad idea. Last stated 3 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Jennifer Shahade — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team performs better when an outsider introduces social friction, even though the group believes it performed worse. — tap to centre the map on it A team performs better when an outsider introduces social friction, even though the group believes it performed worse. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Tim Harford — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Playing games where others have the aptitudes and one does not is close to certain to lose, so one has to find where one has an edge and stay inside one’s circle of competence — tap to centre the map on it Playing games where others have the aptitudes and one does not is close to certain to lose, so one has to find where one has an edge and stay inside one’s circle of competence
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Charlie Munger — holds since c. 1994 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. Last stated 3 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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The rules of social engagement have changed unrecognizably.
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When social norms break down, they have to be replaced with more rules, oversight and enforcement.
Holds
Comparative advantage stops governing once the power imbalance is large enough: groups then switch into seeking to dominate instead of trading.
Holds
The organising rule under extreme growth is that no team may block another — even when honouring it means adding to the very monolith you are trying to dismantle.
Holds
Changing societal outcomes requires changing minds, and the credibility many diverse co-authors lend to a conclusion is hard to replicate with AI.
Holds
Enemy manipulation of a whole society's information environment is unlikely ever to be decisive in a war, because shaping another society's perceptions is genuinely hard.
Holds
Changing significant rules midway through a stressful tournament is a bad idea.
Holds
A team performs better when an outsider introduces social friction, even though the group believes it performed worse.
Holds
Playing games where others have the aptitudes and one does not is close to certain to lose, so one has to find where one has an edge and stay inside one’s circle of competence
Last stated c. 1994
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Holds
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Holds
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds