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← After selfishness, the main thing that makes a life unsatisfying is a mind left uncultivated

13 connected korrents · 10 moments from 22 Mar 1894 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under CBT CBT Everything filed under family family Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: After selfishness, the main thing that makes a life unsatisfying is a mind left uncultivated After selfishness, the main thing thatmakes a life unsatisfying is a mind leftuncultivated JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: When fortunate people find too little enjoyment in life, the cause is generally that they care for nobody but themselves — tap to centre the map on it When fortunate people find toolittle enjoyment in life, the causeis generally that they care fornobody but themselves JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fame, money and pleasure, sought to fill an inner emptiness, bring a brief satisfaction that never lasts and is never enough. — tap to centre the map on it Fame, money and pleasure, sought tofill an inner emptiness, bring abrief satisfaction that never lastsand is never enough. Last stated 12 years ago 20 Jul 2014 AB Arthur C. Brooks — holds since 2014-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us — tap to centre the map on it Once our pity is aroused, joiningothers in preying on life insultsall that is good in us Last stated 133 years ago 22 Mar 1894 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1894-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who do not watch the movements of their own minds must be unhappy — tap to centre the map on it People who do not watch themovements of their own minds must beunhappy MA Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good will seems to be the indispensable condition of even deserving happiness — tap to centre the map on it A good will seems to be theindispensable condition of evendeserving happiness IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it "Evidence-based therapy" is abranding term rather than ascientific one, and in practice itis a code word for "notpsychodynamic". Last stated 13 years ago 2 Oct 2013 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it A therapy is only shown to be moreeffective if it is compared againstanother treatment intended to help,not against a control nobodyexpected to work. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Sept 2024 SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it Action comes before motivation: youdo first and feel afterwards, notthe other way round. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre After selfishness, the main thing that makes a life unsatisfying is a mind left uncultivated Last stated c. 1861 Holds John Stuart Mill Read this korrent →