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The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can

oneusefulthing.org · 28 July 2025 · 9 min read

A post on oneusefulthing.org, published 28 July 2025, is cited by 9 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).

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9blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
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Last 90 days11
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Figures for this page
First cited9 Dec 2023
Latest citation15 Aug 2026
Words blogs link it with5
Linked with its own title2 of 9 blogs
External links11
Length1,900
New citing blogs a weeksince Dec 2023
New citing blogs a week, since Dec 2023: 149 weeks, peak 4 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 4

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Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 9 blogs across 3 subjects: technology 4, business and economics 1, science 1, unclassified 3.

It crossed over: blogs in at least two subjects each make up 15% or more of its classified citers.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • the bitter lesson versus the garbage can2 blogs
  • ethan mollick makes a similar point eschewing this low level work in favor of clearly stating intent1 blog
  • ethan mollick, the bitter lesson vs. the garbage1 blog
  • in a recent column, he spoke of the “garbage can” model of the organization and its processes1 blog
  • related1 blog

Cited by 9 blogs in 10 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
cpj.fyi1 post
Five OD Things N° 12

linked as “The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can Does process matter? We are about to find out. One Useful T…”

Read at cpj.fyi (opens in a new tab)
15 Aug 2026
daz.is1 post
Why AI Fails at Scale

linked as “Ethan Mollick, The Bitter Lesson vs. the Garbage”

Read at daz.is (opens in a new tab)
25 Mar 2026
cote.io1 post
Execs have little knowledge or how things actually work, giving then false hopes on how AI can improve things and replace workers

linked as “Related”

Read at cote.io (opens in a new tab)
3 Dec 2025
vivekhaldar.com2 posts
The Assembly Language of Knowledge Work

linked as “Ethan Mollick makes a similar point eschewing this low level work in favor of clearly stating intent”

Read at vivekhaldar.com (opens in a new tab)
13 Sept 2025
1 other post
Natlang Code

linked as “In a recent column, he spoke of the “garbage can” model of the organization and its processes”

Read at vivekhaldar.com (opens in a new tab)
16 Aug 2025
dynamicecology.wordpress.com1 post
This Friday linkfest is a criminal enterprise run by monkeys

linked as “the Bitter Lesson vs. the Garbage Can”

Read at dynamicecology.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Aug 2025
Drew Breunig1 post
Does the Bitter Lesson Have Limits?

linked as “The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can”

Read at dbreunig.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Aug 2025
theproductmindedqa.com1 post
When Quality Work Doesn't Land (And Other Things I’ve Been Thinking About)

linked as ““The Bitter Lesson vs. the Garbage Lesson””

Read at theproductmindedqa.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Aug 2025
jdilla.xyz1 post
Good tokens 2025-07-30

linked as “The Bitter Lesson and the Garbage Can”

Read at jdilla.xyz (opens in a new tab)
30 Jul 2025
zacssite1 post
Artificial Intelligence Reading List

linked as “The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can”

Read at zacs.site (opens in a new tab)
9 Dec 2023

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https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~eunsol/courses/data/bitter_lesson.pdf Who cites this page
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12796 Who cites this page
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https://metr.org/blog/2025-03-19-measuring-ai-ability-to-complete-long-tasks/ Read at metr.org (opens in a new tab)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNWWu0aZ5pY Who cites this page
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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/09/carlsen-niemann-chess-cheating-poker/671472/ Who cites this page
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