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2 Sept 2026
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Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You often only understand a problem by experiencing the journey of building a solution for it. — tap to centre the map on it You often only understand a problem by experiencing the journey of building a solution for it. Last stated 3 days ago
18 Sept 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Suffering is not an interruption of a good life but the ground the good things grow out of. — tap to centre the map on it Suffering is not an interruption of a good life but the ground the good things grow out of. Last stated 8 months ago
23 Jan 2026
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Nick Cave — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Watching a panacea get crushed by later studies is science working, not a reason for despair. — tap to centre the map on it Watching a panacea get crushed by later studies is science working, not a reason for despair. Last stated 13 years ago
27 Jun 2013
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2013-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Build on a customer problem somebody viscerally feels and would pay to fix, because it is very easy to imagine one that nobody does. — tap to centre the map on it Build on a customer problem somebody viscerally feels and would pay to fix, because it is very easy to imagine one that nobody does. Last stated 2 months ago
31 Jul 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Death is better understood as you losing the world than as the world losing you, because the world you experience is a construction in your brain. — tap to centre the map on it Death is better understood as you losing the world than as the world losing you, because the world you experience is a construction in your brain. Last stated a month ago
17 Aug 2026
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Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ask "how hard can it be?" rather than forecasting the difficulty, because the work really is harder than you think and the suffering is better taken a day at a time. — tap to centre the map on it Ask "how hard can it be?" rather than forecasting the difficulty, because the work really is harder than you think and the suffering is better taken a day at a time. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The problems of contemporary society are fundamentally religious in nature. — tap to centre the map on it The problems of contemporary society are fundamentally religious in nature. Last stated 3 weeks ago
2 Sept 2026
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Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being. — tap to centre the map on it Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being. Last stated 8 months ago
14 Jan 2026
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Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-01-14 — 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 maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence. — tap to centre the map on it A maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence. Last stated 5 years ago
29 Jun 2021
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Nick Cave — holds since 2021-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A project has not started until something exists that can be played; plans, documents, teams and art are not a start. — tap to centre the map on it A project has not started until something exists that can be played; plans, documents, teams and art are not a start. Last stated 16 years ago
17 Sept 2010
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Derek Yu — holds since 2010-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago
16 Aug 2023
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Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago
30 Aug 2005
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John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. — tap to centre the map on it A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. Last stated 4 years ago
11 Oct 2022
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Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. Last stated a month ago
17 Aug 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jun 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. — tap to centre the map on it Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. Last stated 11 months ago
13 Oct 2025
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Anton Howes — holds since 2025-10-13 — tap for who they are
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Witnessing suffering, rather than solving it, may be the only way we can truly comprehend it.
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You often only understand a problem by experiencing the journey of building a solution for it.
Holds
Suffering is not an interruption of a good life but the ground the good things grow out of.
Holds
Watching a panacea get crushed by later studies is science working, not a reason for despair.
Holds
Build on a customer problem somebody viscerally feels and would pay to fix, because it is very easy to imagine one that nobody does.
Holds
Death is better understood as you losing the world than as the world losing you, because the world you experience is a construction in your brain.
Holds
Ask "how hard can it be?" rather than forecasting the difficulty, because the work really is harder than you think and the suffering is better taken a day at a time.
Holds
The problems of contemporary society are fundamentally religious in nature.
Holds
Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being.
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 maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence.
Holds
A project has not started until something exists that can be played; plans, documents, teams and art are not a start.
Holds
“Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far.
Holds
A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more.
Holds
A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing.
Holds
Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication.
Holds
Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced.
Holds
Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field.
Holds