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← A multi-ethnic society only gets the benefits of diversity if it deliberately builds a shared national identity.

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 22 Nov 1909 to 7 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under immigration immigration Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under America America Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under Narcissism Narcissism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A multi-ethnic society only gets the benefits of diversity if it deliberately builds a shared national identity. A multi-ethnic society only gets thebenefits of diversity if it deliberatelybuilds a shared national identity. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Nov 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 6 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Shared everyday experience binds a nation together better than shared ancestry does. — tap to centre the map on it Shared everyday experience binds anation together better than sharedancestry does. Last stated 6 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creating a broadly shared American ethnicity is essential for the nation to flourish. — tap to centre the map on it Creating a broadly shared Americanethnicity is essential for thenation to flourish. Last stated 2 weeks ago 7 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A multi-ethnic nation cannot survive as a salad bowl in which each group keeps its distinctiveness indefinitely. — tap to centre the map on it A multi-ethnic nation cannot surviveas a salad bowl in which each groupkeeps its distinctivenessindefinitely. Last stated 6 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: People of different religions living in India do not stop it from being one nation — tap to centre the map on it People of different religions livingin India do not stop it from beingone nation Last stated 117 years ago 22 Nov 1909 MG Mahatma Gandhi — holds since 1909-11-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Marriage survives in South Asia because families arrange it and divorce is taboo, not because men and women mix more freely there. — tap to centre the map on it Marriage survives in South Asiabecause families arrange it anddivorce is taboo, not because menand women mix more freely there. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Feb 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Liberals and conservatives should work together, and that is easier when colleagues leave their political differences out of it. — tap to centre the map on it Liberals and conservatives shouldwork together, and that is easierwhen colleagues leave theirpolitical differences out of it. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier — tap to centre the map on it Feuds between neighbouring, closelyrelated peoples are a relativelyharmless outlet for aggression thatmakes group cohesion easier SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it A competent, empowered civil servicethat performs crucial governmentfunctions with in-house expertise isgood. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it A longer average debt maturityprotects a government from temporaryinterest-rate spikes and gives itmore time to adjust to permanentrate increases. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time. — tap to centre the map on it Authoritarian order is more naturalto human societies than democracy,and may prove more durable overtime. Last stated 8 months ago 1 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Chamberlain's choice at Munich was understandable rather than craven: no democratic leader in 1938 could have taken his country to war against 92% of its population. — tap to centre the map on it Chamberlain's choice at Munich wasunderstandable rather than craven:no democratic leader in 1938 couldhave taken his country to waragainst 92% of its population. Last stated a year ago 24 May 2025 JH James Holland — holds since 2025-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democracy's price is limiting deliberate control to areas of real agreement and leaving some things to chance — tap to centre the map on it Democracy's price is limitingdeliberate control to areas of realagreement and leaving some things tochance FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A multi-ethnic society only gets the benefits of diversity if it deliberately builds a shared national identity. Last stated 1 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Alice Evans Read this korrent →