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8 connected korrents · 10 moments on record from 29 Aug 2012 to 20 Aug 2026.
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Read this korrent: What people care about in their own identity is continuity, not similarity -- they accept enormous drift so long as the thread is unbroken.
What people care about in their own identity is continuity, not similarity -- they accept enormous drift so long as the thread is unbroken.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
20 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People need an online identity that outlives the platforms hosting it, which is why it should live on a domain they control rather than as a handle on somebody else's site. — tap to centre the map on it
People need an online identity that outlives the platforms hosting it, which is why it should live on a domain they control rather than as a handle on somebody else's site.
Last stated 14 years ago
13 Dec 2012
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Anil Dash — holds since 2012-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI copy of a person is worth building while they are alive, to meet demand for their attention, not as a way to talk to the dead. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI copy of a person is worth building while they are alive, to meet demand for their attention, not as a way to talk to the dead.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Sept 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People cannot thrive while their primary psychological identification is with the news cycle rather than with their own lives. — tap to centre the map on it
People cannot thrive while their primary psychological identification is with the news cycle rather than with their own lives.
Last stated 5 years ago
by 16 Aug 2021
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Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An abundance of synthetic content will make people seek out the person behind the content more, not less. — tap to centre the map on it
An abundance of synthetic content will make people seek out the person behind the content more, not less.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Jul 2026
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Adam Mosseri — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Passion for your work is not something you identify in advance and follow; it is cultivated over time. — tap to centre the map on it
Passion for your work is not something you identify in advance and follow; it is cultivated over time.
Last stated 14 years ago
29 Aug 2012
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Cal Newport — holds since 2012-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even if AI curates better, people will still want a human curator they have a relationship with, because wanting to learn something is a social phenomenon. — tap to centre the map on it
Even if AI curates better, people will still want a human curator they have a relationship with, because wanting to learn something is a social phenomenon.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A work does not have to be unlike everything before it to be worth making; what makes it new is that this particular person made it. — tap to centre the map on it
A work does not have to be unlike everything before it to be worth making; what makes it new is that this particular person made it.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
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Nick Cave — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The accepted model of how archaic and modern humans relate has been accreted and patched rather than built, and is due for a simpler replacement. — tap to centre the map on it
The accepted model of how archaic and modern humans relate has been accreted and patched rather than built, and is due for a simpler replacement.
Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2012 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone on record holding the claim — tap it for who they are