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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 1 Jun 2022 to 15 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A nobler Christianity affirms equality and forbids vengeance, including what is called punishment A nobler Christianity affirms equality andforbids vengeance, including what iscalled punishment GS George Bernard Shaw — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: Forgiveness and atonement are figments, and punishment only pretends to cancel one crime by another — tap to centre the map on it Forgiveness and atonement arefigments, and punishment onlypretends to cancel one crime byanother GS George Bernard Shaw — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness — tap to centre the map on it Christianity tells people to repentand promises them forgiveness CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Before the Enlightenment the point of a trial was not proportional justice but the interior spiritual correction of the sinner's soul. — tap to centre the map on it Before the Enlightenment the pointof a trial was not proportionaljustice but the interior spiritualcorrection of the sinner's soul. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: True Christianity is incompatible with government and its violence, executions and wars — tap to centre the map on it True Christianity is incompatiblewith government and its violence,executions and wars LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: The notion of "alignment" is incoherent because obedience and benevolence are mutually exclusive. — tap to centre the map on it The notion of "alignment" isincoherent because obedience andbenevolence are mutually exclusive. Last stated 2 weeks ago 15 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Christian is free and subject to none, yet the dutiful servant of all — tap to centre the map on it A Christian is free and subject tonone, yet the dutiful servant of all ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom — tap to centre the map on it Alongside a healthy passion forequality, a depraved one prefersequality in slavery to unequalfreedom AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul — tap to centre the map on it Equality's danger is absorbingpeople in permitted pleasures, whichmay enervate rather than corrupt thesoul AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — 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 candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilized town is far better off with a religion, even a bad one, than with none — tap to centre the map on it A civilized town is far better offwith a religion, even a bad one,than with none VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — 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
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At the centre A nobler Christianity affirms equality and forbids vengeance, including what is called punishment Last stated c. 1906–1907 Holds George Bernard Shaw Read this korrent →