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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 15 Nov 2018 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under design design Everything filed under family family Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Advice to women on preserving their reputation eats away at real morality Advice to women on preserving theirreputation eats away at real morality MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being approached by men chiefly as a female has done the most to destroy woman's dignity — tap to centre the map on it Being approached by men chiefly as afemale has done the most to destroywoman's dignity SG Sarah Grimké — holds since c. 1837–1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Women's dependence keeps the taint of its brutal origin, so its existence is no argument for it — tap to centre the map on it Women's dependence keeps the taintof its brutal origin, so itsexistence is no argument for it JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Custom and fashion seem to shape moral sentiments much less than they shape taste — tap to centre the map on it Custom and fashion seem to shapemoral sentiments much less than theyshape taste AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: The abuse some women philosophers have received online is worrying. — tap to centre the map on it The abuse some women philosophershave received online is worrying. Last stated 8 years ago 15 Nov 2018 NW Nigel Warburton — holds since 2018-11-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception. — tap to centre the map on it Even when advice is understood andbelieved, people discount it byassuming their own case is theexception. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Mar 2023 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: How far women are degraded is as good a test as any of the state of domestic morals in a country — tap to centre the map on it How far women are degraded is asgood a test as any of the state ofdomestic morals in a country HM Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Not content with their physical advantage, men lower women further to make them merely alluring — tap to centre the map on it Not content with their physicaladvantage, men lower women furtherto make them merely alluring MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — 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 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Advice to women on preserving their reputation eats away at real morality Last stated c. 1792 Holds Mary Wollstonecraft Read this korrent →