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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under design design Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under product management product management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The same tools built to sell us products can sell us a politician or an ideology we do not need The same tools built to sell us productscan sell us a politician or an ideology wedo not need Last stated 7 years ago 27 Apr 2019 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2019-04-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can keep using a company's product while disliking its politics; refusing everything you disagree with is not required. — tap to centre the map on it You can keep using a company'sproduct while disliking itspolitics; refusing everything youdisagree with is not required. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good product work alone does not carry the day; politics are in the fabric of every company. — tap to centre the map on it Good product work alone does notcarry the day; politics are in thefabric of every company. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 MC Marty Cagan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies now build internal tools not to save money but for the purpose, intention and goal of the tool. — tap to centre the map on it Companies now build internal toolsnot to save money but for thepurpose, intention and goal of thetool. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 ER Evil Rabbit — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people. — tap to centre the map on it Adding things to a product is notthe goal and is not what makes itmore useful to more people. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 RU Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Internal tools spread the way any product does: they are useful, someone tries one, and it starts to spread. — tap to centre the map on it Internal tools spread the way anyproduct does: they are useful,someone tries one, and it starts tospread. Last stated 5 months ago 19 May 2026 TG Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A briefcase of context, carried from one tool to the next, will replace re-teaching intent in each tool. — tap to centre the map on it A briefcase of context, carried fromone tool to the next, will replacere-teaching intent in each tool. Last stated 5 months ago 19 May 2026 TG Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 3 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The same tools built to sell us products can sell us a politician or an ideology we do not need Last stated 27 Apr 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →