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Read this korrent: Art's task is to make brotherhood and love of neighbour everyone's customary feeling
Art's task is to make brotherhood and love of neighbour everyone's customary feeling
LT
Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1897–1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Art is one person consciously passing on lived feelings that infect others — tap to centre the map on it
Art is one person consciously passing on lived feelings that infect others
LT
Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1897–1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feeling much for others and little for ourselves is the perfection of human nature — tap to centre the map on it
Feeling much for others and little for ourselves is the perfection of human nature
AS
Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People should feel free to enjoy art they love regardless of the artist's personal failings or beliefs. — tap to centre the map on it
People should feel free to enjoy art they love regardless of the artist's personal failings or beliefs.
Last stated 6 years ago
14 Apr 2021
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Tim Urban — holds since 2021-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Workers do the most work when moved by affection, not by pay or pressure — tap to centre the map on it
Workers do the most work when moved by affection, not by pay or pressure
JR
John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What moves a person to help a neighbour whose house is on fire is a wide instinct of human solidarity, not love — tap to centre the map on it
What moves a person to help a neighbour whose house is on fire is a wide instinct of human solidarity, not love
PK
Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People are hardwired for the feeling of giving their all to something they care about, and feel it when watching excellence in others. — tap to centre the map on it
People are hardwired for the feeling of giving their all to something they care about, and feel it when watching excellence in others.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Sept 2026
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Brad Stulberg — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The struggle of making something is not an obstacle in front of the work; it is where the meaning comes from. — tap to centre the map on it
The struggle of making something is not an obstacle in front of the work; it is where the meaning comes from.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Aug 2023
NC
Nick Cave — holds since 2023-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Loving the small group we belong to is the first step towards loving our country and mankind — tap to centre the map on it
Loving the small group we belong to is the first step towards loving our country and mankind
EB
Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
AS
Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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're dying" is truer of the person than of 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 closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
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 pace sustainably without constant overwork 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 feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown. — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline. — tap to centre the map on it
A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline.
Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JC
James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology. — tap to centre the map on it
A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology.
Last stated 5 months ago
11 Jun 2026
SC
Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are
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