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Read this korrent: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers.
A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers.
Last stated 5 days ago
29 Oct 2026
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Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company where nobody is willing to upset anybody ends up fighting for the mediocre, politically expedient idea instead of the best one. — tap to centre the map on it
A company where nobody is willing to upset anybody ends up fighting for the mediocre, politically expedient idea instead of the best one.
Last stated 3 months ago
14 Aug 2026
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Travis Kalanick — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Force is uncertain, and if it fails no hope of reconciliation remains — tap to centre the map on it
Force is uncertain, and if it fails no hope of reconciliation remains
Last stated 252 years ago
22 Mar 1775
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Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Competition is war, which at best pursues one’s own advantage at the cost of someone else’s loss — tap to centre the map on it
Competition is war, which at best pursues one’s own advantage at the cost of someone else’s loss
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William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is better to live in a country that allows offensive speech — tap to centre the map on it
It is better to live in a country that allows offensive speech
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Aug 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's war effort improves when scarce resources flow to its most effective units rather than being spread evenly across all of them. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's war effort improves when scarce resources flow to its most effective units rather than being spread evenly across all of them.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 Jul 2026
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-07-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In a conflict, a coherent weaker actor tends to prevail over an incoherent stronger one. — tap to centre the map on it
In a conflict, a coherent weaker actor tends to prevail over an incoherent stronger one.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Sept 2026
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Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Political propaganda will not work if it is not created by people who share the same life experiences and fears as the target audience. — tap to centre the map on it
Political propaganda will not work if it is not created by people who share the same life experiences and fears as the target audience.
Last stated a year ago
28 May 2025
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Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it
'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality
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Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it
A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint
AC
Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are
Same subject: ‘Palestine’ is a name the Greeks and Romans imposed on the land of the Kingdom of Israel. — tap to centre the map on it
‘Palestine’ is a name the Greeks and Romans imposed on the land of the Kingdom of Israel.
Last stated a week ago
27 Oct 2026
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Iain Dale — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it
"Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority.
Last stated 7 years ago
19 Nov 2019
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Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Super Intelligence" is being used as a signal of fealty to President Trump. — tap to centre the map on it
"Super Intelligence" is being used as a signal of fealty to President Trump.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
11 Oct 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Across nine election years since 2008, polls were biased against Democrats once, against Republicans four times, and basically unbiased four times. — tap to centre the map on it
Across nine election years since 2008, polls were biased against Democrats once, against Republicans four times, and basically unbiased four times.
Last stated a month ago
3 Oct 2026
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Nate Silver — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is transforming U.S. politics and has inspired more hate across a wider political spectrum than any other technology — tap to centre the map on it
AI is transforming U.S. politics and has inspired more hate across a wider political spectrum than any other technology
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America's open primary system creates weak parties that do not invest in young talent, feeding its gerontocracy. — tap to centre the map on it
America's open primary system creates weak parties that do not invest in young talent, feeding its gerontocracy.
Last stated a year ago
3 Sept 2025
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Lee Drutman — holds since 2025-09-03 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 1775 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are