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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 1 Feb 1867 to 20 Jul 2026.

Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under education education Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows Advancing in life depends more on what onelearns later than on what one alreadyknows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Continuing to learn means that today's views will probably look slightly immature and naive later. — tap to centre the map on it Continuing to learn means thattoday's views will probably lookslightly immature and naive later. Last stated 6 years ago 13 Oct 2020 CP Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2020-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Growing older tends to expand rather than shrink the number of achievable dreams and options. — tap to centre the map on it Growing older tends to expand ratherthan shrink the number of achievabledreams and options. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Apr 2024 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2024-04-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress means getting nearer where you want to be, so after a wrong turning going forward brings you no nearer — tap to centre the map on it Progress means getting nearer whereyou want to be, so after a wrongturning going forward brings you nonearer CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: What we achieve depends less on how much time we have than on how we use it — tap to centre the map on it What we achieve depends less on howmuch time we have than on how we useit Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating school as a trial to be survived leaves a person unable to say what the postponed life was ever supposed to be. — tap to centre the map on it Treating school as a trial to besurvived leaves a person unable tosay what the postponed life was eversupposed to be. Last stated 16 years ago 27 Aug 2010 CN Cal Newport — holds since 2010-08-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: People learn best when the problem in front of them is just past the edge of what they can already do. — tap to centre the map on it People learn best when the problemin front of them is just past theedge of what they can already do. Last stated 11 months ago 3 Nov 2025 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2025-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning cannot happen in flow, because getting better at a skill means working beyond the level at which you can express it. — tap to centre the map on it Learning cannot happen in flow,because getting better at a skillmeans working beyond the level atwhich you can express it. Last stated 3 months ago 20 Jul 2026 TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: In the mind, it is more the rule than the exception for the past to survive — tap to centre the map on it In the mind, it is more the rulethan the exception for the past tosurvive SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI tooling has not compressed the gap between great and average engineers: it is still two or three times, and for the same reasons as before — curiosity and appetite for the bleeding edge. — tap to centre the map on it AI tooling has not compressed thegap between great and averageengineers: it is still two or threetimes, and for the same reasons asbefore — curiosity and appetite forthe bleeding edge. Last stated 6 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Argue like you are right and listen like you are wrong, with the humility to know what you do not know. — tap to centre the map on it Argue like you are right and listenlike you are wrong, with thehumility to know what you do notknow. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who succeed in an idea meritocracy balance assertiveness with open-mindedness, holding an independent opinion while knowing it could be wrong and being curious about it. — tap to centre the map on it People who succeed in an ideameritocracy balance assertivenesswith open-mindedness, holding anindependent opinion while knowing itcould be wrong and being curiousabout it. Last stated 4 years ago 27 Sept 2022 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2022-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Philosophy should be studied for the sake of its questions, not for definite answers, which can rarely be known to be true — tap to centre the map on it Philosophy should be studied for thesake of its questions, not fordefinite answers, which can rarelybe known to be true BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is good that the search for understanding will never end, since there will always be new discovery; without it we would stagnate. — tap to centre the map on it It is good that the search forunderstanding will never end, sincethere will always be new discovery;without it we would stagnate. SH Stephen Hawking — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature — tap to centre the map on it Seeking, knowing and believing truthis the highest good of human nature FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Understanding the world brings a joy close to ecstasy — tap to centre the map on it Understanding the world brings a joyclose to ecstasy Last stated a year ago 23 Apr 2025 RD Richard Dawkins — holds since 2025-04-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago Holds Charlie Munger Read this korrent →