Ethan Mollick @emollick

Ranked #3 on Backscroll (2026-07-08) — surfaced for substance, not engagement.

Prompt: ANNALS — a living kingdom in a single file Working title behavior: the app titles itself per seed — "The Annals of Vaelmere", "The Annals of Osterholt" — because the central conceit is that you are watching a history write itself. The kingdom is the simulation; the

How it ranks: Backscroll reads my Twitter/X timeline and ranks every tweet for substance with an LLM taste rubric — not raw engagement. Curated by Surya Dantuluri.