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← As people grow more civilized, rewarding good work is far better than punishing bad work

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under reinforcement learning reinforcement learning Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: As people grow more civilized, rewarding good work is far better than punishing bad work As people grow more civilized, rewardinggood work is far better than punishing badwork BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1917 — tap for who they are Same subject: To reward the instinct that a new idea is worth having, training would have to score the smallness of the concepts a solution needs, not just whether it solved the problem. — tap to centre the map on it To reward the instinct that a newidea is worth having, training wouldhave to score the smallness of theconcepts a solution needs, not justwhether it solved the problem. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our evolved nature rewards pessimism, but in much safer times we should work past it towards peace. — tap to centre the map on it Our evolved nature rewardspessimism, but in much safer timeswe should work past it towardspeace. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Morale compounds in both directions, so when the work is going badly it is worth switching to easier work just to get something done. — tap to centre the map on it Morale compounds in both directions,so when the work is going badly itis worth switching to easier workjust to get something done. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Better work should come from pride in the work, not from revenue, sales or user targets. — tap to centre the map on it Better work should come from pridein the work, not from revenue, salesor user targets. Last stated 9 months ago 15 Feb 2026 JF Jason Fried — holds since 2026-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: In creative work there is a real benefit to not following the financial incentives, and to creating scarcity for the sake of quality rather than for its own sake. — tap to centre the map on it In creative work there is a realbenefit to not following thefinancial incentives, and tocreating scarcity for the sake ofquality rather than for its ownsake. Last stated 11 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts — tap to centre the map on it It is better to guide people likerational creatures than to drivethem like beasts DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: The price of progress in civilization is paid in lost happiness, through a heightened sense of guilt — tap to centre the map on it The price of progress incivilization is paid in losthappiness, through a heightenedsense of guilt SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Social systems tend to reward virtuous behavior over time. — tap to centre the map on it Social systems tend to rewardvirtuous behavior over time. Last stated 6 months ago 2 May 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-05-02 — 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 feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI company needs threeAIs, not one — the agent, thesimulator and the critic — turningdeployment into a flywheel. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it A verifiable task can be optimisedby reinforcement learning until aneural network performs it extremelywell. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Nov 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — 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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