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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 6 Nov 2015 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under management management Everything filed under robotics robotics 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: Wanting to turn back the clock on technology is nonsense that misunderstands how the world works. Wanting to turn back the clock ontechnology is nonsense that misunderstandshow the world works. Last stated 11 months ago 12 Dec 2025 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are wasting our time trying to reverse the climate crisis instead of building the technology to survive it. — tap to centre the map on it We are wasting our time trying toreverse the climate crisis insteadof building the technology tosurvive it. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clocks are right most of the time, and that is precisely why a distributed system may never rely on them. — tap to centre the map on it Clocks are right most of the time,and that is precisely why adistributed system may never rely onthem. Last stated 7 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Capability has never been the reason a technology gets deployed: any carmaker could switch the brakes off every Friday, and none does. — tap to centre the map on it Capability has never been the reasona technology gets deployed: anycarmaker could switch the brakes offevery Friday, and none does. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The case for a technological slowdown since about 1970 is not convincing. — tap to centre the map on it The case for a technologicalslowdown since about 1970 is notconvincing. Last stated 6 years ago 23 Jan 2021 JC Jason Crawford — no longer holds since 2021-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Poor systems thinking is being too blinders-on about getting one thing out as quickly as possible, without understanding that other, similar things are going on. — tap to centre the map on it Poor systems thinking is being tooblinders-on about getting one thingout as quickly as possible, withoutunderstanding that other, similarthings are going on. Last stated 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The date that matters for robotics is not when the technology is finished but when the data flywheel starts turning. — tap to centre the map on it The date that matters for roboticsis not when the technology isfinished but when the data flywheelstarts turning. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 SL Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not to take. — tap to centre the map on it Technological determinism is onlybelievable low down the tech tree;higher up we already choose whichpaths not to take. Last stated 7 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tech is not hijacking our brains, and believing that it is is dangerous. — tap to centre the map on it Tech is not hijacking our brains,and believing that it is isdangerous. Last stated 4 years ago 26 Aug 2022 NE Nir Eyal — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI progress comes from a simple, systematic way of improving models, not from researchers suddenly getting smarter. — tap to centre the map on it AI progress comes from a simple,systematic way of improving models,not from researchers suddenlygetting smarter. Last stated a year ago 16 Jun 2025 JK Jared Kaplan — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are
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