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13 connected korrents · 12 moments from 21 Feb 2017 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under Trauma Trauma Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A pain is essentially defined by how it feels, so knowing how it feels is knowing what it is. A pain is essentially defined by how itfeels, so knowing how it feels is knowingwhat it is. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suffering in some way ceases to be suffering once it finds a meaning — tap to centre the map on it Suffering in some way ceases to besuffering once it finds a meaning VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: The brain cannot process more than one source of pain at a time, so a stronger pain masks a weaker one. — tap to centre the map on it The brain cannot process more thanone source of pain at a time, so astronger pain masks a weaker one. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 CH Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Empathy does not have to be a faucet stuck on: as an adult you can choose when and how much to feel what others feel. — tap to centre the map on it Empathy does not have to be a faucetstuck on: as an adult you can choosewhen and how much to feel whatothers feel. Last stated 9 years ago 27 Sept 2017 AS Arielle Schwartz — holds since 2017-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pain plus reflection equals progress. — tap to centre the map on it Pain plus reflection equalsprogress. Last stated 4 years ago 27 Sept 2022 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2022-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: AIs that convincingly pretend to have feelings will come to be granted rights through social convention — tap to centre the map on it AIs that convincingly pretend tohave feelings will come to begranted rights through socialconvention Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity has not yet created a conscious computer program — tap to centre the map on it Humanity has not yet created aconscious computer program Last stated a month ago 4 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains — tap to centre the map on it It is far from clear that LLMs areconscious, because theirarchitecture is very different fromanimal brains Last stated a month ago 3 Oct 2026 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Silicon Valley's actual trajectory increasingly resembles Philip K. Dick's paranoid, hallucinatory fiction rather than the optimistic space-age visions of Asimov and Clarke. — tap to centre the map on it Silicon Valley's actual trajectoryincreasingly resembles Philip K.Dick's paranoid, hallucinatoryfiction rather than the optimisticspace-age visions of Asimov andClarke. Last stated 3 months ago 8 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are creating artificial intelligence but not artificial consciousness — tap to centre the map on it We are creating artificialintelligence but not artificialconsciousness Last stated 10 years ago 21 Feb 2017 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it "Move fast and break things" is thewrong mantra when you are dealingwith atoms; the job is to move fastand ship safely. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A pain is essentially defined by how it feels, so knowing how it feels is knowing what it is. Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Philip Goff Read this korrent →