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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 31 Dec 2022 to 16 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about writing .
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1 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. Last stated 12 months ago
22 Oct 2025
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Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose. — tap to centre the map on it A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose. 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: AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI takes over more of the coding process, clearly specifying goals and exercising good judgment will matter more than ever. — tap to centre the map on it As AI takes over more of the coding process, clearly specifying goals and exercising good judgment will matter more than ever. Last stated 8 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because writing is thinking, a world divided into writers and non-writers becomes a world divided into thinkers and non-thinkers. — tap to centre the map on it Because writing is thinking, a world divided into writers and non-writers becomes a world divided into thinkers and non-thinkers. Last stated 2 years ago
1 Oct 2024
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Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good writing is dense and interconnected enough that readers meet its knowledge at the level they are ready for. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing is dense and interconnected enough that readers meet its knowledge at the level they are ready for. Last stated a year ago
29 Sept 2025
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good writing is hard to train into AI models because writing quality is hard to evaluate. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing is hard to train into AI models because writing quality is hard to evaluate. Last stated 7 months ago
23 Mar 2026
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Jasmine Sun — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill is basically a prompt, sometimes a large one, more like a style guide: the best practice for taste, which font to use, and how to guide AI not to create AI slop. — tap to centre the map on it A skill is basically a prompt, sometimes a large one, more like a style guide: the best practice for taste, which font to use, and how to guide AI not to create AI slop. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Meng To — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has made it far easier to fake a personalized message by pulling a few superficial facts from someone's public bio. — tap to centre the map on it AI has made it far easier to fake a personalized message by pulling a few superficial facts from someone's public bio. Last stated a month ago
16 Sept 2026
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Zach Holman — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models default to generic, lowest-common-denominator output unless a user actively pushes back against them. — tap to centre the map on it AI models default to generic, lowest-common-denominator output unless a user actively pushes back against them. Last stated 4 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In an intellectually dead research field, feeding AI decades of meaningless work only produces more meaningless output. — tap to centre the map on it In an intellectually dead research field, feeding AI decades of meaningless work only produces more meaningless output. Last stated 3 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Mass-produced AI-generated podcast shows are not a major threat to podcasting because listeners do not like them. — tap to centre the map on it Mass-produced AI-generated podcast shows are not a major threat to podcasting because listeners do not like them. Last stated 4 months ago
25 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The web is being flooded with coherent, generic, generated text that buries the writing worth reading. — tap to centre the map on it The web is being flooded with coherent, generic, generated text that buries the writing worth reading. Last stated 7 months ago
27 Mar 2026
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Molly White — holds since 2024-10-07 — tap for who they are
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Maggie Appleton — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are
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Anil Dash — holds since 2026-03-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has done the first ninety per cent of the work of sounding human, and the last five per cent will turn out to be about ninety-five per cent of the work. — tap to centre the map on it AI has done the first ninety per cent of the work of sounding human, and the last five per cent will turn out to be about ninety-five per cent of the work. Last stated 12 months ago
31 Oct 2025
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Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Writing is thinking, so an LLM inflating a one-sentence observation into three paragraphs destroys the thing that made it worth reading.
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A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it.
Holds
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Holds
A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose.
Holds
AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people.
Holds
As AI takes over more of the coding process, clearly specifying goals and exercising good judgment will matter more than ever.
Holds
Because writing is thinking, a world divided into writers and non-writers becomes a world divided into thinkers and non-thinkers.
Holds
Good writing is dense and interconnected enough that readers meet its knowledge at the level they are ready for.
Holds
Good writing is hard to train into AI models because writing quality is hard to evaluate.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A skill is basically a prompt, sometimes a large one, more like a style guide: the best practice for taste, which font to use, and how to guide AI not to create AI slop.
Holds
AI has made it far easier to fake a personalized message by pulling a few superficial facts from someone's public bio.
Holds
AI models default to generic, lowest-common-denominator output unless a user actively pushes back against them.
Holds
In an intellectually dead research field, feeding AI decades of meaningless work only produces more meaningless output.
Holds
Mass-produced AI-generated podcast shows are not a major threat to podcasting because listeners do not like them.
Holds
The web is being flooded with coherent, generic, generated text that buries the writing worth reading.
Holds
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Holds
AI has done the first ninety per cent of the work of sounding human, and the last five per cent will turn out to be about ninety-five per cent of the work.
Holds