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5 Oct 2025
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Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Entrepreneurs benefit from setting ambitious goals, even though most people do not need grand ambitions at all. — tap to centre the map on it Entrepreneurs benefit from setting ambitious goals, even though most people do not need grand ambitions at all. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The way to find a hit is to experiment a lot, not to polish. — tap to centre the map on it The way to find a hit is to experiment a lot, not to polish. Last stated 13 years ago
18 Dec 2013
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Tynan Sylvester — holds since 2013-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. — tap to centre the map on it Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. Last stated 2 weeks ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some ideas are worth funding with fifty million dollars or with nothing, and never with five million, because underfunding buys you an ambiguous outcome instead of an answer. — tap to centre the map on it Some ideas are worth funding with fifty million dollars or with nothing, and never with five million, because underfunding buys you an ambiguous outcome instead of an answer. 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 frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: To reward the instinct that a new idea is worth having, training would have to score the smallness of the concepts a solution needs, not just whether it solved the problem. — tap to centre the map on it To reward the instinct that a new idea is worth having, training would have to score the smallness of the concepts a solution needs, not just whether it solved the problem. 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: Asking what the smallest experiment is that would settle a claim to your own satisfaction has become a thousand times more valuable in the last year. — tap to centre the map on it Asking what the smallest experiment is that would settle a claim to your own satisfaction has become a thousand times more valuable in the last year. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The only way to build something that matters is to develop conviction in a set of beliefs nobody else agrees with yet, long before they become consensus. — tap to centre the map on it The only way to build something that matters is to develop conviction in a set of beliefs nobody else agrees with yet, long before they become consensus. Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
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Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. 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: Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. — tap to centre the map on it Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. Last stated a month ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has. — tap to centre the map on it A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has. 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 founder pitched as having a great deal to say on a topic has almost never written anything about it, and the absence is the tell. — tap to centre the map on it A founder pitched as having a great deal to say on a topic has almost never written anything about it, and the absence is the tell. Last stated 2 weeks ago
27 Aug 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-08-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth. — tap to centre the map on it Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth. Last stated 3 years ago
17 Jan 2024
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Javier Milei — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Retirement, when it comes, will be a retirement from customers and commerce, not from building and sharing things. — tap to centre the map on it Retirement, when it comes, will be a retirement from customers and commerce, not from building and sharing things. Last stated a month ago
26 Jul 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Shareholder primacy is about forty years old rather than a natural law, and for centuries before it a corporation existed to pursue a specific beneficial purpose. — tap to centre the map on it Shareholder primacy is about forty years old rather than a natural law, and for centuries before it a corporation existed to pursue a specific beneficial purpose. Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
At the centre
The value of an ambitious experiment target is not hitting it but the conversation about what would have to be true to hit it.
Holds AC Albert ChengRead this korrent →
Entrepreneurs benefit from setting ambitious goals, even though most people do not need grand ambitions at all.
Holds
The way to find a hit is to experiment a lot, not to polish.
Holds TS Tynan Sylvester
Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them.
Holds MH Masud Husain
Some ideas are worth funding with fifty million dollars or with nothing, and never with five million, because underfunding buys you an ambiguous outcome instead of an answer.
Holds MH Max Hodak
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Holds NB Noam Brown
To reward the instinct that a new idea is worth having, training would have to score the smallness of the concepts a solution needs, not just whether it solved the problem.
Holds GS Grant Sanderson
Asking what the smallest experiment is that would settle a claim to your own satisfaction has become a thousand times more valuable in the last year.
Holds KB Kent Beck
The only way to build something that matters is to develop conviction in a set of beliefs nobody else agrees with yet, long before they become consensus.
Holds AW Alexandr Wang
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Holds LR Lisa Randall
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences.
Holds MN Michael Nielsen
Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.
Holds
A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero.
Holds
A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has.
Holds MH Max Hodak
A founder pitched as having a great deal to say on a topic has almost never written anything about it, and the absence is the tell.
Holds
Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth.
Holds
Retirement, when it comes, will be a retirement from customers and commerce, not from building and sharing things.
Holds
Shareholder primacy is about forty years old rather than a natural law, and for centuries before it a corporation existed to pursue a specific beneficial purpose.
Holds ER Eric Ries