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← A clueless person gains nothing by learning from others, because others are just as clueless.

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 13 May 2007 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under measuring intelligence measuring intelligence Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under education education Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A clueless person gains nothing by learning from others, because others are just as clueless. A clueless person gains nothing bylearning from others, because others arejust as clueless. Last stated 2 years ago 4 Dec 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-12-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowing others is discernment and knowing oneself is intelligence; overcoming oneself is mightier than overcoming others — tap to centre the map on it Knowing others is discernment andknowing oneself is intelligence;overcoming oneself is mightier thanovercoming others LA Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning to ignore the examples of others when they are wrong is a skill few skills exceed in worth — tap to centre the map on it Learning to ignore the examples ofothers when they are wrong is askill few skills exceed in worth CM Charlie Munger — holds since c. 2005 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep company with people who will improve you, and with those you can improve; both sides learn — tap to centre the map on it Keep company with people who willimprove you, and with those you canimprove; both sides learn SE Seneca — holds since c. 62–65 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: The person receiving advice usually knows more about their own situation than the person giving it does. — tap to centre the map on it The person receiving advice usuallyknows more about their own situationthan the person giving it does. Last stated a year ago 26 May 2025 NN Neel Nanda — holds since 2025-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge borrowed from someone else is not your own. — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge borrowed from someone elseis not your own. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who are learning machines rise in life even when they are not the smartest or the most diligent — tap to centre the map on it People who are learning machinesrise in life even when they are notthe smartest or the most diligent Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lack of education makes women's talk insipid and their solitude unbearable; learning is necessary to make them useful company — tap to centre the map on it A lack of education makes women'stalk insipid and their solitudeunbearable; learning is necessary tomake them useful company MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: Intellect without experience is often worse than useless. — tap to centre the map on it Intellect without experience isoften worse than useless. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated 3 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 15 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial generalintelligence cannot exist withoutbeing recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago 10 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve. — tap to centre the map on it A unit of measure needs defining,perhaps via a chain of increasinglyhard problems, each pair of which asingle model can solve. Last stated 4 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. — tap to centre the map on it AGI research made no progress in itsfirst six decades. Last stated 14 years ago 3 Oct 2012 DD David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated 2 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A clueless person gains nothing by learning from others, because others are just as clueless. Last stated 4 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Kapil Gupta Read this korrent →