Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Boris Cherny said
AI agents Agents beyond the editor: software that acts on your behalf, and what independence it should be given.
Mental modelValue moves to what stays scarce
It’s not so much about deep work, it’s about how good I am at context switching and jumping across multiple different contexts very quickly.
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Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?
I hold this tooCannot both be true
Cherny says the scarce skill is now jumping between several agents quickly rather than sustained deep work. Steinberger says steering a model as it drifts is the job, and you cannot steer what you are not watching. If the second is true the first is not a skill but a way of losing control of every agent at once.
Cannot both be true
Sivers says the best and most productive periods of his life had disconnection in common, and that long stretches with no internet, phone or people are what make creative work possible. Cherny says deep work is not the point any more and that the skill that matters is switching between many contexts quickly. These are opposite answers to how a person should arrange their working day.
Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.