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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 9 Sept 1656 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth Action is subordinate for a scholar butessential; without it thought cannot ripeninto truth Last stated 189 years ago 31 Aug 1837 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Another soul can provoke me but not instruct me; I must find what it says true in myself or reject it — tap to centre the map on it Another soul can provoke me but notinstruct me; I must find what itsays true in myself or reject it Last stated 188 years ago 15 Jul 1838 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1838-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Violence cannot weaken truth, and truth cannot stop violence; each only strengthens or provokes the other — tap to centre the map on it Violence cannot weaken truth, andtruth cannot stop violence; eachonly strengthens or provokes theother Last stated 370 years ago 9 Sept 1656 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1656-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A truth stays true whoever holds it; people should be judged by the truth, not the truth by its holders — tap to centre the map on it A truth stays true whoever holds it;people should be judged by thetruth, not the truth by its holders AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: Virtue should prevail and outward form be forgotten, yet people forget what matters and remember what does not — tap to centre the map on it Virtue should prevail and outwardform be forgotten, yet people forgetwhat matters and remember what doesnot ZH Zhuangzi — holds since c. 350–301 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Respect is owed to those who lead minds by the force of truth, not to conquerors who enslave their fellow creatures — tap to centre the map on it Respect is owed to those who leadminds by the force of truth, not toconquerors who enslave their fellowcreatures VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot. — tap to centre the map on it Acting on an idea reveals its truepotential in a way that merelythinking about it cannot. Last stated 5 months ago 26 Apr 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A leader should be decisive but skeptical, acting firmly without being very sure of acting correctly — tap to centre the map on it A leader should be decisive butskeptical, acting firmly withoutbeing very sure of acting correctly JM James G. March — holds since c. 2013 — tap for who they are Same subject: Individuals have little power alone, but collective action gives people substantial power. — tap to centre the map on it Individuals have little power alone,but collective action gives peoplesubstantial power. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 JZ Jeffrey Zeldman — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot. — tap to centre the map on it A film's script and direction mustbe of a sufficient quality tosupport its complex plot. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 JS John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth Last stated 31 Aug 1837 · 189 years ago Holds Ralph Waldo Emerson Read this korrent →