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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Admissions of uncertainty deserve to be taken seriously Admissions of uncertainty deserve to betaken seriously DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are Same subject: Uncertainty is good for things — tap to centre the map on it Uncertainty is good for things Last stated 12 years ago 31 Oct 2014 SK Stephen King — holds since 2014-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Details that could throw doubt on an interpretation must be given — tap to centre the map on it Details that could throw doubt on aninterpretation must be given RF Richard Feynman — holds since c. 1974 — tap for who they are Same subject: Expecting a reasonable baseline from people is fair — tap to centre the map on it Expecting a reasonable baseline frompeople is fair Last stated 3 years ago 12 Mar 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty — tap to centre the map on it We must become more comfortable withprobability and uncertainty NS Nate Silver — holds since c. 2012 — tap for who they are Same subject: Better decisions come from committing to a choice with scheduled points to reassess it, not from waiting for certainty. — tap to centre the map on it Better decisions come fromcommitting to a choice withscheduled points to reassess it, notfrom waiting for certainty. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jul 2026 CD Charles Duhigg — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: People should be allowed to take risks with their own tools when they judge it worth it. — tap to centre the map on it People should be allowed to takerisks with their own tools when theyjudge it worth it. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Apr 2016 VH Vi Hart — holds since 2016-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: The moment one cause looks far better than every other on thin information is exactly the moment it most needs sceptical investigation. — tap to centre the map on it The moment one cause looks farbetter than every other on thininformation is exactly the moment itmost needs sceptical investigation. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting one calculation take over a giving decision is disturbing, and there is still a strong case for it if you want your ethics to be principled and about other people. — tap to centre the map on it Letting one calculation take over agiving decision is disturbing, andthere is still a strong case for itif you want your ethics to beprincipled and about other people. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Admissions of uncertainty deserve to be taken seriously Last stated c. 2011 Holds Daniel Kahneman Read this korrent →