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Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Writing your own stuff, even when it is a struggle, is fitness training for the brain, and a fit brain will be a key differentiator in the AI era. Writing your own stuff, even when it is astruggle, is fitness training for thebrain, and a fit brain will be a keydifferentiator in the AI era. Last stated yesterday 31 Oct 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-10-31 — 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 intoAI models because writing quality ishard to evaluate. Last stated 7 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JS Jasmine Sun — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing requires wanting totell people something, which AIitself lacks. Last stated 5 months ago 28 May 2026 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: If AI is used heavily in drafting or even brainstorming, the author cannot really claim the finished piece as their own. — tap to centre the map on it If AI is used heavily in drafting oreven brainstorming, the authorcannot really claim the finishedpiece as their own. Last stated yesterday 31 Oct 2026 IL Ian Leslie — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bad writing is fine; the way to get in shape as a writer is to write more of it, every day. — tap to centre the map on it Bad writing is fine; the way to getin shape as a writer is to writemore of it, every day. Last stated yesterday 31 Oct 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Students should not use AI for writing that requires thinking; we are not nearly terrified enough of how AI will atrophy the human brain. — tap to centre the map on it Students should not use AI forwriting that requires thinking; weare not nearly terrified enough ofhow AI will atrophy the human brain. Last stated a year ago 21 Jul 2025 SC Spencer Cox — holds since 2025-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker. — tap to centre the map on it Solving a problem yourself, withoutsearching or prompting, is a form ofexercise -- the help makes youweaker. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The process of training in athletics shares many similarities with the process of writing a book. — tap to centre the map on it The process of training in athleticsshares many similarities with theprocess of writing a book. Last stated 10 months ago 18 Dec 2025 JO Jenny Odell — holds since 2025-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing is an effective way to learn because putting ideas in your own words forces you to internalise them. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is an effective way to learnbecause putting ideas in your ownwords forces you to internalisethem. Last stated 5 years ago 24 Sept 2021 DP David Perell — holds since 2021-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents are now capable enough that they should be trusted to improve the skills and systems that guide them. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents are now capable enoughthat they should be trusted toimprove the skills and systems thatguide them. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Sept 2026 FA Fatih Arslan — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. — tap to centre the map on it A gift's perceived price is part ofwhat it does, so a drink known to becheap fails at its job however goodit tastes. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
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