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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Bad people are won over by unwearying goodness that asks no return Bad people are won over by unwearyinggoodness that asks no return SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Bad people need only that good people look on and do nothing; someone who lets wrong be done in their name without protest is not good — tap to centre the map on it Bad people need only that goodpeople look on and do nothing;someone who lets wrong be done intheir name without protest is notgood Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bad man cannot injure a man better than himself — tap to centre the map on it A bad man cannot injure a man betterthan himself SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: An ungrateful person harms himself, not the giver — tap to centre the map on it An ungrateful person harms himself,not the giver SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Restraining lusts out of love of praise makes people less base but not holy — tap to centre the map on it Restraining lusts out of love ofpraise makes people less base butnot holy AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 413–426 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating others well often results in unexpected positive outcomes for people. — tap to centre the map on it Treating others well often resultsin unexpected positive outcomes forpeople. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 MF Mario Fraioli — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good soldiers, not gold, are the sinews of war — tap to centre the map on it Good soldiers, not gold, are thesinews of war NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: We get our dinner from traders by appealing to their self-interest, not to their kindness — tap to centre the map on it We get our dinner from traders byappealing to their self-interest,not to their kindness Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are not gentle creatures who only defend themselves; a strong desire for aggression is part of their instinctual endowment — tap to centre the map on it People are not gentle creatures whoonly defend themselves; a strongdesire for aggression is part oftheir instinctual endowment SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — 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
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At the centre Bad people are won over by unwearying goodness that asks no return Last stated c. 56–62 CE Holds Seneca Read this korrent →