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14 Jul 2025
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Noah Smith — holds since 2025-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humanity is at a critical juncture for a flourishing planet, and the economic worldview we use will shape it. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity is at a critical juncture for a flourishing planet, and the economic worldview we use will shape it. Last stated 9 years ago
14 Jul 2017
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Kate Raworth — holds since 2017-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humanity will change more in the next decade than it has in the past hundred years. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity will change more in the next decade than it has in the past hundred years. Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Going all in on AI is not the highest-return strategy for human flourishing, even if AI does produce rapid scientific advances. — tap to centre the map on it Going all in on AI is not the highest-return strategy for human flourishing, even if AI does produce rapid scientific advances. Last stated a year ago
2 Aug 2025
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Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2025-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If India holds its current growth rate it will be a developed country within about two decades. — tap to centre the map on it If India holds its current growth rate it will be a developed country within about two decades. Last stated 11 months ago
18 Dec 2025
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Noah Smith — holds since 2025-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What is good for humanity at large in the long run may well be temporarily tragic for the individual in the short run. — tap to centre the map on it What is good for humanity at large in the long run may well be temporarily tragic for the individual in the short run. Last stated a month ago
7 Oct 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coming near to bliss, immortality and divinity is likely to deflect humankind towards entirely different destinations — tap to centre the map on it Coming near to bliss, immortality and divinity is likely to deflect humankind towards entirely different destinations
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago
13 May 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — 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
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Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. Last stated 5 years ago
15 Jul 2021
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago
13 Dec 1968
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Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth
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Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago
28 May 2023
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George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A narrow, highly accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next. — tap to centre the map on it A narrow, highly accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next. Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
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Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Accurate computational approaches are needed to close the protein structural coverage gap and enable large-scale structural bioinformatics. — tap to centre the map on it Accurate computational approaches are needed to close the protein structural coverage gap and enable large-scale structural bioinformatics. Last stated 5 years ago
15 Jul 2021
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models can be more accurate than physical experiments by averaging out noise, incorporating priors from large datasets, and interpolating between data points. — tap to centre the map on it AI models can be more accurate than physical experiments by averaging out noise, incorporating priors from large datasets, and interpolating between data points. Last stated 11 months ago
23 Nov 2025
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Elliot Hershberg — holds since 2025-11-23 — tap for who they are
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Whether India gets rich will decide much of the course of human flourishing this century.
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Humanity is at a critical juncture for a flourishing planet, and the economic worldview we use will shape it.
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Humanity will change more in the next decade than it has in the past hundred years.
Holds
Going all in on AI is not the highest-return strategy for human flourishing, even if AI does produce rapid scientific advances.
Holds
If India holds its current growth rate it will be a developed country within about two decades.
Holds
What is good for humanity at large in the long run may well be temporarily tragic for the individual in the short run.
Holds
Coming near to bliss, immortality and divinity is likely to deflect humankind towards entirely different destinations
Last stated c. 2015–2017
Holds
A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic.
Holds
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Holds
A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known.
Holds
A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero
Holds
A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth
Last stated c. 1962
Holds
A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less.
Holds
A narrow, highly accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next.
Holds
Accurate computational approaches are needed to close the protein structural coverage gap and enable large-scale structural bioinformatics.
Holds
AI models can be more accurate than physical experiments by averaging out noise, incorporating priors from large datasets, and interpolating between data points.
Holds