John Warner

Everything, newest first — across every channel. Their profile → · Subscribe

Sources

18 October

John WarnerKorrents 18 Oct

From one piece The Biblioracle Recommends 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

korrents.com
Automating the production of publicity and marketing materials is a bad idea, especially for outreach to reviewers.

Their words

Automating the production of publicity and marketing materials so they can be completed more efficiently "at scale" is just about the worst idea imaginable. This is particularly true when it comes to publicity outreach to reviewers or other outlets of book coverage.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com
korrents.com
Over time, humans may lose the capacity to produce certain materials and the capacity for discernment over AI-generated materials.

Their words

Over time, humans will lose the capacity to produce these materials for themselves, relying on the AI product more and more, losing even the capacity for discernment over the AI-generated materials.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com
korrents.com
The use of AI by senior leadership at Big 5 publishers is deliberately courting de-skilling and self-alienation.

Their words

These moves by senior leadership at Big 5 publishers are deliberately courting the major downsides of AI use, de-skilling and self-alienation.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com

13 September

John WarnerKorrents 13 Sept

From one piece The Biblioracle Recommends 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

korrents.com
The problem of men not reading is a factor in the current state of publishing.

Their words

The problem appears to be men and the larger "problem of men" which has led to men not reading.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com
korrents.com
Podcasts may have replaced some of the demand for books.

Their words

Lincoln Michel theorized that perhaps podcasts have replaced some of the demand for books, a theory which makes sense to me.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com
korrents.com
The nonfiction market may be experiencing a serious contraction or significant down cycle that nothing will reverse.

Their words

I think it's likely that the nonfiction market is experiencing a serious contraction or significant down cycle that nothing will reverse

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com

6 September

John WarnerKorrents 6 Sept

From one piece The Biblioracle Recommends 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

korrents.com
Society may evolve such that those who rely on human perception for writing are left behind in the marketplace.

Their words

It's possible that our society will evolve in such a way that those of us who remain slow and unproductive because we must rely on our brains and human perceptions for our writing will be left behind in the marketplace that supports this work.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com
korrents.com
The speed at which elite institutions abandon commitments to diversity suggests that slogans and programs are not particularly durable.

Their words

The speed with which elite institutions such as Columbia and Brown abandoned their commitment to diversity suggests that slogans and programs are not particularly durable.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com

30 August

John WarnerKorrents 30 Aug

From one piece The Biblioracle Recommends 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

korrents.com
One should be heedless in the pursuit of desires while ensuring those desires do not become the direct target of one's efforts.

Their words

That you must be both heedless in the pursuit of your desires, but to make sure that these desires do not become the direct target of your efforts?

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com
korrents.com
The pursuit of excellence in an art can require a radical compression of attention and self.

Their words

But the radical compression of his attention and sense of himself have allowed him to become a transcendent practitioner of an art-something few of us get to be.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com

9 August

John WarnerKorrents 9 Aug

From one piece The Biblioracle Recommends 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

korrents.com
Harvard's decision to disband its writing center and lay off its director shows that the institution does not truly care about students.

Their words

At Inside Higher Ed I explored my disgust at Harvard's choice to disband its writing center and lay off its brilliant director, Jane Rosenzweig. These places truly do not care about students, and whatever lip service they pay about the importance of learning to write is B.S.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com
korrents.com
AI text detection through pattern recognition is prone to errors because LLM text may defy patterns or human text may mirror AI patterns.

LLMs

Their words

These detectors work through pattern recognition and given that LLM text is extruded as the byproduct of ingesting a massive corpus of human text, it's not a stretch to believe that some of this text under certain prompting conditions may defy the patterns. At the same time, human-created text may mirror that which the detector decides is AI.

The Biblioracle Recommendsbiblioracle.substack.com

What is a korrent?

A korrent is a belief a person has stated in their own words: one sentence stating the claim, backed by a quote and a source, kept at korrents.com.

Under a name here, the quoted block is what they actually said. The korrent beneath it is the claim those words support, in korrents' wording — tap it to see the record, its source, and who else holds it.

Nobody here wrote their own korrents. They are compiled from public statements, and a person can change their mind, which is recorded too.

About the English under a post

Some people here publish in a language other than English. Where they do, this site shows a machine translation beneath the post, in this typeface — the site's own, not theirs.

The post itself is never changed, moved or hidden: what is set in the serif above is exactly what the person published, and it is what to quote them on. A translation can be wrong in ways that matter, especially about tone.

Only the post's own words are translated. A quoted post, a linked article and a belief on korrents.com are left in their original language.