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Read this korrent: A defining trait of charismatic 'bad boy' figures is that they lie.
A defining trait of charismatic 'bad boy' figures is that they lie.
Last stated 4 months ago
13 Jul 2026
JB
Josh Barro — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Children lie because of a parent's tyranny and their own weakness — tap to centre the map on it
Children lie because of a parent's tyranny and their own weakness
RI
Robert G. Ingersoll — holds since c. 1876–1878 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Bad actors tend to be relatively unsophisticated and bad at their jobs. — tap to centre the map on it
Bad actors tend to be relatively unsophisticated and bad at their jobs.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Never trust a cynic: seeing bad behaviour in everyone is how a person excuses their own, and it is not true, because most people are medium good. — tap to centre the map on it
Never trust a cynic: seeing bad behaviour in everyone is how a person excuses their own, and it is not true, because most people are medium good.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Nov 2023
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Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city is a natural creation, and humans are by nature political animals — tap to centre the map on it
A city is a natural creation, and humans are by nature political animals
AR
Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A household mistress should know enough medicine to be a judicious nurse — tap to centre the map on it
A household mistress should know enough medicine to be a judicious nurse
MW
Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A labourer who marries without means to support a family is in some respects an enemy to other labourers — tap to centre the map on it
A labourer who marries without means to support a family is in some respects an enemy to other labourers
TM
Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. — tap to centre the map on it
'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone.
Last stated 13 years ago
25 May 2013
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Alom Shaha — holds since 2013-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first advantage of sexual equality is having the most universal human relation governed by justice — tap to centre the map on it
A first advantage of sexual equality is having the most universal human relation governed by justice
JM
John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A home that holds women at a primitive level holds back those who keep them there — tap to centre the map on it
A home that holds women at a primitive level holds back those who keep them there
CG
Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it
A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero
Last stated 58 years ago
13 Dec 1968
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Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it
A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death.
Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Last stated 3 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
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