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Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses There is no reason to suppose an idea lesstrue than reality, since we never know forcertain what underlies the senses Last stated 132 years ago 28 Feb 1895 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1895-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking harder about a decision has diminishing returns because reality is inherently unknowable. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking harder about a decision hasdiminishing returns because realityis inherently unknowable. Last stated 5 years ago 22 Feb 2022 NN Neel Nanda — holds since 2022-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind can grasp some things, but some things that really exist lie entirely beyond its reach — tap to centre the map on it The human mind can grasp somethings, but some things that reallyexist lie entirely beyond its reach MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory of reality that cannot name the question it is answering is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of reality that cannot namethe question it is answering is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Jun 2024 SW Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes — tap to centre the map on it Hoping to know through otherpeople's understanding is probablyas unreasonable as hoping to seethrough their eyes Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code is not a sufficient source of truth for managing understanding. — tap to centre the map on it Code is not a sufficient source oftruth for managing understanding. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A truth stays true whoever holds it; people should be judged by the truth, not the truth by its holders — tap to centre the map on it A truth stays true whoever holds it;people should be judged by thetruth, not the truth by its holders AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeling that one could have discovered a mathematical result oneself is a better measure of deep understanding than simply verifying that it must be true. — tap to centre the map on it Feeling that one could havediscovered a mathematical resultoneself is a better measure of deepunderstanding than simply verifyingthat it must be true. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to assume their habitualpractices achieve what they intend,even without evidence that they do. Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jun 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it A company that looks to its users asthough it has stopped shipping isusually widening its market, andgrinding through that is worth it. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. — tap to centre the map on it A company that deviates from openstandards in its data exportswithout documenting the deviationcreates an artificial vendorlock-in. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Mar 2025 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2025-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation. — tap to centre the map on it A design proposal should describethe feature as though it alreadyexisted — once as a tutorial andonce as reference documentation. Last stated 4 months ago 20 May 2026 AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A performance test without an explanation of its limiting factor should be treated as unanalyzed and possibly bogus. — tap to centre the map on it A performance test without anexplanation of its limiting factorshould be treated as unanalyzed andpossibly bogus. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 BG Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agency and clock speed beat domain experience in a hire, and in a fast-moving field experience is often a crutch of habits that need discarding. — tap to centre the map on it Agency and clock speed beat domainexperience in a hire, and in afast-moving field experience isoften a crutch of habits that needdiscarding. Last stated 12 months ago 5 Oct 2025 AC Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agency is what makes a hire good: the willingness to take a task in a domain you know nothing about and have learned the whole thing a week later. — tap to centre the map on it Agency is what makes a hire good:the willingness to take a task in adomain you know nothing about andhave learned the whole thing a weeklater. Last stated 3 months ago 24 Jun 2026 NE NeetCode — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI favours tiny teams of high-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish. — tap to centre the map on it AI favours tiny teams of high-agencyindividual contributors with blurredroles, and the coordinating manageris not needed until it is time topolish. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Mar 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-03-25 — tap for who they are
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At the centre There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses Last stated 28 Feb 1895 · 132 years ago Holds Rabindranath Tagore Read this korrent →