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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 11 Jan 2017 to 4 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about Silicon Valley .
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21 Feb 2017
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Silicon Valley's actual trajectory increasingly resembles Philip K. Dick's paranoid, hallucinatory fiction rather than the optimistic space-age visions of Asimov and Clarke. — tap to centre the map on it Silicon Valley's actual trajectory increasingly resembles Philip K. Dick's paranoid, hallucinatory fiction rather than the optimistic space-age visions of Asimov and Clarke. Last stated 2 months ago
8 Aug 2026
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Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. — tap to centre the map on it AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. Last stated 7 months ago
26 Mar 2026
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Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: DeepSeek's paper was the single most important thing Silicon Valley researchers read in years. — tap to centre the map on it DeepSeek's paper was the single most important thing Silicon Valley researchers read in years. Last stated 9 months ago
8 Jan 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Getting at the truth requires investing in costly self-correcting mechanisms, which Silicon Valley thought it was exempt from — tap to centre the map on it Getting at the truth requires investing in costly self-correcting mechanisms, which Silicon Valley thought it was exempt from
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Moonshots succeed more often than Silicon Valley's use of the word admits -- we actually got to the moon. — tap to centre the map on it Moonshots succeed more often than Silicon Valley's use of the word admits -- we actually got to the moon. Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most developers who dream of moving abroad for work never actually do it. — tap to centre the map on it Most developers who dream of moving abroad for work never actually do it. Last stated 10 years ago
11 Jan 2017
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Maxence Poutord — holds since 2017-01-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of the world's free time has been converted into revenue for technology companies, and that conversion is where their fortunes come from. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the world's free time has been converted into revenue for technology companies, and that conversion is where their fortunes come from. Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
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Ted Gioia — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others
WJ
William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humanity has not yet created a conscious computer program — tap to centre the map on it Humanity has not yet created a conscious computer program Last stated 3 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains — tap to centre the map on it It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains Last stated 3 weeks ago
3 Oct 2026
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Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is unclear whether a digital emulation of a person could ever be conscious, even in principle. — tap to centre the map on it It is unclear whether a digital emulation of a person could ever be conscious, even in principle. Last stated 3 years ago
19 Aug 2023
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Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2023-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — 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 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — 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, 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. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
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We are creating artificial intelligence but not artificial consciousness
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Silicon Valley's actual trajectory increasingly resembles Philip K. Dick's paranoid, hallucinatory fiction rather than the optimistic space-age visions of Asimov and Clarke.
Holds
"Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely.
Holds
AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles.
Holds
DeepSeek's paper was the single most important thing Silicon Valley researchers read in years.
Holds
Getting at the truth requires investing in costly self-correcting mechanisms, which Silicon Valley thought it was exempt from
Last stated c. 2024–2025
Holds
Moonshots succeed more often than Silicon Valley's use of the word admits -- we actually got to the moon.
Holds
Most developers who dream of moving abroad for work never actually do it.
Holds
Most of the world's free time has been converted into revenue for technology companies, and that conversion is where their fortunes come from.
Holds
A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others
Last stated c. 1902
Holds
A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity.
Holds
A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity.
Holds
Humanity has not yet created a conscious computer program
Holds
It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains
Holds
It is unclear whether a digital emulation of a person could ever be conscious, even in principle.
Holds
“Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now.
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 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.
Holds