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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 31 Jan 2013 to 13 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under mental models mental models Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under management management 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: Avoid advice from people who advise for a living unless their advice carries a penalty Avoid advice from people who advise for aliving unless their advice carries apenalty NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2018 — 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: Most advice is bad: it is either obvious, true for some people but not others, or wrong — tap to centre the map on it Most advice is bad: it is eitherobvious, true for some people butnot others, or wrong Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because of incentive-caused bias, a professional advisor’s advice deserves distrust, especially when it is especially good for the advisor — tap to centre the map on it Because of incentive-caused bias, aprofessional advisor’s advicedeserves distrust, especially whenit is especially good for theadvisor CM Charlie Munger — holds since c. 2005 — tap for who they are Same subject: People rarely act on the life advice they save; advice must be memorized and drilled to be used. — tap to centre the map on it People rarely act on the life advicethey save; advice must be memorizedand drilled to be used. Last stated 5 years ago 22 Jul 2021 JS Julian Shapiro — holds since 2021-07-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a risky organisation, defer to expertise rather than to leaders. — tap to centre the map on it In a risky organisation, defer toexpertise rather than to leaders. Last stated 14 years ago 31 Jan 2013 WH Wayne Hale — holds since 2013-01-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice is often constrained by the utterances within the advice itself. — tap to centre the map on it Advice is often constrained by theutterances within the advice itself. Last stated 4 years ago 26 Jan 2023 VV Visakan Veerasamy — holds since 2023-01-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Failing to follow the advice you give others is not hypocrisy. — tap to centre the map on it Failing to follow the advice yougive others is not hypocrisy. Last stated 3 weeks ago 13 Oct 2026 JF Jason Feifer — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most advice people give is shaped by survivorship bias and cannot be reliably generalized to others. — tap to centre the map on it Most advice people give is shaped bysurvivorship bias and cannot bereliably generalized to others. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A difficult problem is better thought through both forwards and backward than in one direction only. — tap to centre the map on it A difficult problem is betterthought through both forwards andbackward than in one direction only. Last stated 13 years ago 28 Oct 2013 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2013-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few dozen mental models are enough to get a firm grasp of how the world works. — tap to centre the map on it A few dozen mental models are enoughto get a firm grasp of how the worldworks. Last stated 9 years ago by 12 Aug 2017 JC James Clear — holds since 2017-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A map is not the territory it represents, but if it is correct it shares the territory's structure, which is what makes it useful. — tap to centre the map on it A map is not the territory itrepresents, but if it is correct itshares the territory's structure,which is what makes it useful. AK Alfred Korzybski — holds since c. 1933 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — 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 earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH 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 becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto 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 allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Avoid advice from people who advise for a living unless their advice carries a penalty Last stated c. 2018 Holds Nassim Nicholas Taleb Read this korrent →