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← What needs doing is quite simple and exceptionally difficult, so people create useless work to avoid it.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 31 Aug 1837 to 28 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: What needs doing is quite simple and exceptionally difficult, so people create useless work to avoid it. What needs doing is quite simple andexceptionally difficult, so people createuseless work to avoid it. Last stated 6 months ago 22 May 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-05-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle of making something is not an obstacle in front of the work; it is where the meaning comes from. — tap to centre the map on it The struggle of making something isnot an obstacle in front of thework; it is where the meaning comesfrom. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Aug 2023 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2023-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: In terms of full functionality, things can be a little simpler than they are now; not every idea is good or necessary, and sometimes adding it is worse. — tap to centre the map on it In terms of full functionality,things can be a little simpler thanthey are now; not every idea is goodor necessary, and sometimes addingit is worse. Last stated 4 months ago 8 Jul 2026 MC Meaghan Choi — holds since 2026-07-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Often people mistake the depth of thought needed to create something that coheres for making something that looks aesthetically simple, which is almost never the case of anything great. — tap to centre the map on it Often people mistake the depth ofthought needed to create somethingthat coheres for making somethingthat looks aesthetically simple,which is almost never the case ofanything great. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 JY Jason Yuan — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour. — tap to centre the map on it The job has always been to solvehuman problems, and software is notrequired for every human endeavour. Last stated 5 months ago 3 Jun 2026 KH Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demand does not need to be painful, only something a person is trying to do and cannot do yet. — tap to centre the map on it Demand does not need to be painful,only something a person is trying todo and cannot do yet. Last stated 4 months ago 29 Jun 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Any task, even a harmless one, can be turned into an in-context impossible or very difficult task. — tap to centre the map on it Any task, even a harmless one, canbe turned into an in-contextimpossible or very difficult task. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: The counterpoint to simple design is that people want fewer tools a lot of the time. — tap to centre the map on it The counterpoint to simple design isthat people want fewer tools a lotof the time. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machines should do the parts of a task that people are bad at, so that people and technology work as partners on human terms. — tap to centre the map on it Machines should do the parts of atask that people are bad at, so thatpeople and technology work aspartners on human terms. Last stated 7 years ago 26 Jul 2019 DN Don Norman — holds since 2019-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given — tap to centre the map on it A benefit lies in the giver'sintention, not in the thing given SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success. — tap to centre the map on it A company that has become bored withthe mechanics of running a businesscannot succeed, regardless of itsstrategic success. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Sept 2026 BC Bryan Cantrill — holds since 2026-09-20 — 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 platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted writing creates anillusion of greater creativity whileactually reducing the originality ofthe ideas expressed. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it Big leaps forward are sprintsinspired by a hunch Last stated 2 years ago 13 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Details are the essential substance of human communication, creativity and productivity. — tap to centre the map on it Details are the essential substanceof human communication, creativityand productivity. Last stated 4 months ago 22 Jul 2026 TF Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth — tap to centre the map on it Action is subordinate for a scholarbut essential; without it thoughtcannot ripen into truth Last stated 189 years ago 31 Aug 1837 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big national problems lack grassroots effort, not good ideas — tap to centre the map on it Big national problems lackgrassroots effort, not good ideas Last stated 2 years ago 1 Nov 2024 RP Robert D. Putnam — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hope is not a strategy; an integrated set of choices is. — tap to centre the map on it Hope is not a strategy; anintegrated set of choices is. Last stated a month ago 28 Sept 2026 RM Roger Martin — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre What needs doing is quite simple and exceptionally difficult, so people create useless work to avoid it. Last stated 22 May 2026 · 6 months ago Holds Rob Snyder Read this korrent →