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Read this korrent: To understand people unlike us, listening to what they say works better than assuming we know what it is like to be them.
To understand people unlike us, listening to what they say works better than assuming we know what it is like to be them.
Last stated 3 years ago
2 Jan 2024
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Paul Bloom — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People are more likely to listen to those with experience — tap to centre the map on it
People are more likely to listen to those with experience
Last stated 4 years ago
8 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People's opinions are shaped more by who they talk to most than by what is actually true. — tap to centre the map on it
People's opinions are shaped more by who they talk to most than by what is actually true.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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Neel Nanda — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work. — tap to centre the map on it
Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work.
Last stated 3 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People are nowhere near as good at empathy as they think they are. — tap to centre the map on it
People are nowhere near as good at empathy as they think they are.
Last stated 3 years ago
2 Jan 2024
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception. — tap to centre the map on it
Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception.
Last stated 4 years ago
14 Mar 2023
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is little evidence anyone can train their attention to be better in general; what works is removing the things that take it. — tap to centre the map on it
There is little evidence anyone can train their attention to be better in general; what works is removing the things that take it.
Last stated a month ago
24 Aug 2026
MH
Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People underestimate the value of networking and listening to experienced speakers at events. — tap to centre the map on it
People underestimate the value of networking and listening to experienced speakers at events.
Last stated 8 years ago
15 Apr 2018
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Ivan Santos — holds since 2018-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who do not yet trust each other are better served by tightly limited ways to interact. — tap to centre the map on it
People who do not yet trust each other are better served by tightly limited ways to interact.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jan 2023
DC
Daniel Cook — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it
Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
12 Sept 2026
PF
Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it
Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike.
Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
AE
Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ideas that first circulate in private group chats often become mainstream public opinion. — tap to centre the map on it
Ideas that first circulate in private group chats often become mainstream public opinion.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 May 2024
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Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2024-05-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline. — tap to centre the map on it
A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JC
James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it
"Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it
A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is.
Last stated 15 years ago
28 Oct 2011
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Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it
A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills.
Last stated a year ago
28 May 2025
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Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are
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