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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 1 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under writing writing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Applying criminal justice to a whole people's quarrel is narrow and pedantic Applying criminal justice to a wholepeople's quarrel is narrow and pedantic Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who tells you a contested legal question has one obvious answer is lying to you rather than analysing it. — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who tells you a contestedlegal question has one obviousanswer is lying to you rather thananalysing it. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Aug 2023 KW Ken White — holds since 2023-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to be an optimist who works hard than a pessimist who writes about why things will not work, because no amount of such essays moves society forward. — tap to centre the map on it It is better to be an optimist whoworks hard than a pessimist whowrites about why things will notwork, because no amount of suchessays moves society forward. Last stated 3 months ago 4 Aug 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: There seems to be a general understanding that using AI in a contest that is at least partly a writing contest is against the spirit of the exercise. — tap to centre the map on it There seems to be a generalunderstanding that using AI in acontest that is at least partly awriting contest is against thespirit of the exercise. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The practice of appointing former law clerks to judicial seats is an unsavory form of hereditary judicial sinecure. — tap to centre the map on it The practice of appointing formerlaw clerks to judicial seats is anunsavory form of hereditary judicialsinecure. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 JB Josh Blackman — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The briefing in the mail-in ballots case makes it clear that the application should be denied. — tap to centre the map on it The briefing in the mail-in ballotscase makes it clear that theapplication should be denied. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 SV Steve Vladeck — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. — tap to centre the map on it Counting every being that cansuffer, and applying consistentmoral weights, yields conclusionsits own defenders find uncomfortableand cannot fully endorse. Last stated 5 years ago 2 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot state the problem clearly without first trying and getting it wrong; the effort that looks wasted is how the thesis gets found. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot state the problem clearlywithout first trying and getting itwrong; the effort that looks wastedis how the thesis gets found. Last stated 7 months ago 22 Mar 2026 NF Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Comparing Karmelo Anthony’s case with Kyle Rittenhouse’s is foolhardy because logic cannot sway a white supremacist. — tap to centre the map on it Comparing Karmelo Anthony’s casewith Kyle Rittenhouse’s is foolhardybecause logic cannot sway a whitesupremacist. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jul 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-07-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — 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 Applying criminal justice to a whole people's quarrel is narrow and pedantic Last stated 22 Mar 1775 · 252 years ago Holds Edmund Burke Read this korrent →