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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 12 Dec 2005 to 28 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under creativity
creativity
Everything filed under education
education
Everything filed under ideas vs execution
ideas vs execution
Everything filed under LLMs
LLMs
Everything filed under AI and human skill
AI and human skill
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optimism
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curiosity
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Read this korrent: Using the vast knowledge now available to educated people will leave you lonesome
Using the vast knowledge now available to educated people will leave you lonesome
Last stated 21 years ago
12 Dec 2005
KV
Kurt Vonnegut — holds since 2005-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Education is not a soft business of diffusing knowledge but a hard technical problem of building ramps to it. — tap to centre the map on it
Education is not a soft business of diffusing knowledge but a hard technical problem of building ramps to it.
Last stated 12 months ago
17 Oct 2025
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have. — tap to centre the map on it
Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have.
Last stated 10 months ago
18 Nov 2025
SY
Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all. — tap to centre the map on it
The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lack of education makes women's talk insipid and their solitude unbearable; learning is necessary to make them useful company — tap to centre the map on it
A lack of education makes women's talk insipid and their solitude unbearable; learning is necessary to make them useful company
MA
Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless. — tap to centre the map on it
The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless.
Last stated 6 years ago
20 Jun 2020
JR
José Luis Ricón — holds since 2020-06-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No one can discover alone everything a science or an art requires — tap to centre the map on it
No one can discover alone everything a science or an art requires
I(
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed. — tap to centre the map on it
“Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Jul 2026
BS
Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people could do the learning behind such a book; it takes curiosity and real interest, not special talent — tap to centre the map on it
Most people could do the learning behind such a book; it takes curiosity and real interest, not special talent
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
PB
Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it
A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
SK
Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI commoditizes media formats, reducing their value — tap to centre the map on it
AI commoditizes media formats, reducing their value
Last stated 5 days ago
28 Sept 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it
A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
FL
Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
AT
Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot. — tap to centre the map on it
A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot.
Last stated 6 days ago
27 Sept 2026
JS
John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Sept 2026
LM
Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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Using the vast knowledge now available to educated people will leave you lonesome
Last stated 12 Dec 2005 · 21 years ago
Holds Kurt Vonnegut
Read this korrent →
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Education is not a soft business of diffusing knowledge but a hard technical problem of building ramps to it.
Last stated 17 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Similar wording
Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have.
Last stated 18 Nov 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Scott H. Young
Similar wording
The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Joe Liemandt
Similar wording
A lack of education makes women's talk insipid and their solitude unbearable; learning is necessary to make them useful company
Last stated c. 1694–1697
Holds Mary Astell
Similar wording
The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless.
Last stated 20 Jun 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds José Luis Ricón
Similar wording
No one can discover alone everything a science or an art requires
Last stated c. 1126–1195
Holds Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Similar wording
“Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Blake Scholl
Similar wording
Most people could do the learning behind such a book; it takes curiosity and real interest, not special talent
Last stated 17 Oct 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Peter Bevelin
Same subject: creativity
A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Susan Kare
Same subject: creativity
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 8 Jan 2013 · 14 years ago
Holds Daniel Dennett
Same subject: creativity
AI commoditizes media formats, reducing their value
Last stated 28 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Same subject: LLMs
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Same subject: LLMs
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Dex Horthy
Same subject: LLMs
A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Fei-Fei Li
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds John Scalzi
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Lincoln Michel