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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 28 Oct 2013 to 8 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under mental models mental models Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: You often only understand a problem by experiencing the journey of building a solution for it. You often only understand a problem byexperiencing the journey of building asolution for it. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: When you try to solve one problem, you often create another. — tap to centre the map on it When you try to solve one problem,you often create another. Last stated 4 weeks ago 5 Oct 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Witnessing suffering, rather than solving it, may be the only way we can truly comprehend it. — tap to centre the map on it Witnessing suffering, rather thansolving it, may be the only way wecan truly comprehend it. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: You should build by solving only the next problem in front of you; most people fail because they look too far ahead. — tap to centre the map on it You should build by solving only thenext problem in front of you; mostpeople fail because they look toofar ahead. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Aug 2024 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A difficult problem is better thought through both forwards and backward than in one direction only. — tap to centre the map on it A difficult problem is betterthought through both forwards andbackward than in one direction only. Last stated 13 years ago 28 Oct 2013 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2013-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: When someone has a problem, you should solve the problem first and deal with everything else later. — tap to centre the map on it When someone has a problem, youshould solve the problem first anddeal with everything else later. Last stated 4 weeks ago 8 Oct 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-10-08 — 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 somebodyviscerally feels and would pay tofix, because it is very easy toimagine one that nobody does. Last stated 3 months ago 31 Jul 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are very good at solving problems but tend to solve the wrong ones — tap to centre the map on it People are very good at solvingproblems but tend to solve the wrongones Last stated 2 years ago 28 Oct 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model that solves a hard problem has learned nothing from it: the next session has forgotten it, with no new skill to carry to related problems. — tap to centre the map on it A model that solves a hard problemhas learned nothing from it: thenext session has forgotten it, withno new skill to carry to relatedproblems. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — 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 platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted writing creates anillusion of greater creativity whileactually reducing the originality ofthe ideas expressed. Last stated 4 months ago 22 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity. — tap to centre the map on it As building software gets easier,the differentiator becomes design,ideas, positioning and creativity. Last stated 3 months ago 4 Aug 2026 NP Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it Big leaps forward are sprintsinspired by a hunch Last stated 2 years ago 13 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot. — tap to centre the map on it Acting on an idea reveals its truepotential in a way that merelythinking about it cannot. Last stated 6 months ago 26 Apr 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: An idea can look obvious in hindsight only because the insight that makes it obvious was itself the hard discovery. — tap to centre the map on it An idea can look obvious inhindsight only because the insightthat makes it obvious was itself thehard discovery. Last stated 11 years ago 31 Aug 2015 CO Christopher Olah — holds since 2015-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big product ideas rest on a dozen invisible small ideas that a copier never sees. — tap to centre the map on it Big product ideas rest on a dozeninvisible small ideas that a copiernever sees. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre You often only understand a problem by experiencing the journey of building a solution for it. Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Mario Zechner Read this korrent →