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tariffs 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 single best thing AI could do for American education is not a chatbot but an individualized lesson plan that catches a child up to grade level. The single best thing AI could do for American education is not a chatbot but an individualized lesson plan that catches a child up to grade level. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. — tap to centre the map on it The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. — tap to centre the map on it The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. Last stated 6 months ago
12 Mar 2026
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy. — tap to centre the map on it The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy. Last stated 10 months ago
20 Nov 2025
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-11-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The widest religious gap in American family size is about half a child. — tap to centre the map on it The widest religious gap in American family size is about half a child. Last stated 2 weeks ago
24 Aug 2026
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Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. — tap to centre the map on it Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. Last stated 7 months ago
5 Feb 2026
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Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-02-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances. — tap to centre the map on it Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances. Last stated 3 years ago
by 1 May 2023
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Amelia Wattenberger — holds since 2023-05-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: ChatGPT exploded because of its obvious chat interface, not its technology, which had launched earlier in a different wrapper that few noticed. — tap to centre the map on it ChatGPT exploded because of its obvious chat interface, not its technology, which had launched earlier in a different wrapper that few noticed. Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — 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 nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
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Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. Last stated a year ago
14 Apr 2025
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. Last stated yesterday
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. — tap to centre the map on it Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. 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 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
At the centre
The single best thing AI could do for American education is not a chatbot but an individualized lesson plan that catches a child up to grade level.
Holds JL Joe LiemandtRead this korrent →
The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
The widest religious gap in American family size is about half a child.
Holds RB Ryan Burge
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Holds JZ Julie Zhuo
Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop.
Holds
Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances.
Holds AW Amelia Wattenberger
ChatGPT exploded because of its obvious chat interface, not its technology, which had launched earlier in a different wrapper that few noticed.
Holds JZ Julie Zhuo
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 nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted.
Holds JW Jack Weatherford
Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home.
Holds JC John H. Cochrane
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing.
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
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