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← Because people made the world what it is, people can change it
17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 Feb 1996 to 27 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Because people made the world what it is, people can change it
Because people made the world what it is, people can change it
Last stated 4 years ago
18 Oct 2022
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2022-10-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: To exist humanly is to name the world and to change it — tap to centre the map on it
To exist humanly is to name the world and to change it
PF
Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Things do not have to change the world to be important. — tap to centre the map on it
Things do not have to change the world to be important.
Last stated 31 years ago
1 Feb 1996
SJ
Steve Jobs — holds since 1996-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technology changes the world mostly by changing what people are able to imagine. — tap to centre the map on it
Technology changes the world mostly by changing what people are able to imagine.
Last stated 4 months ago
24 Jun 2026
LC
Loredana Crisan — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The world around people is completely mutable; most everything that happens is because a person made it happen. — tap to centre the map on it
The world around people is completely mutable; most everything that happens is because a person made it happen.
Last stated a month ago
11 Sept 2026
MH
Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People change only from their own inner desire, never because someone told them to. — tap to centre the map on it
People change only from their own inner desire, never because someone told them to.
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Mar 2025
KG
Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Make something genuinely better and people will see it and switch - naive as it sounds, that is the whole driving principle. — tap to centre the map on it
Make something genuinely better and people will see it and switch - naive as it sounds, that is the whole driving principle.
Last stated 3 months ago
26 Jul 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: More people are going to be able to create their ideas, and nobody is in a position to tell people what they can or can't make. — tap to centre the map on it
More people are going to be able to create their ideas, and nobody is in a position to tell people what they can or can't make.
Last stated 8 months ago
10 Mar 2026
LO
Luis Ouriach — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The world's consumption problems can be solved if we choose to. — tap to centre the map on it
The world's consumption problems can be solved if we choose to.
Last stated 19 years ago
2 Jan 2008
JD
Jared Diamond — holds since 2008-01-02 — 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'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 that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
RV
Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it
A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face.
Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
MS
M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
EB
Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — 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 calamity of data loss or a long restore process 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 be created because of AI.
Last stated 4 weeks 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 own future was doomed
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
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Because people made the world what it is, people can change it
Last stated 18 Oct 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Yuval Noah Harari
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
To exist humanly is to name the world and to change it
Last stated c. 1968
Holds Paulo Freire
Similar wording
Things do not have to change the world to be important.
Last stated 1 Feb 1996 · 31 years ago
Holds Steve Jobs
Similar wording
Technology changes the world mostly by changing what people are able to imagine.
Last stated 24 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Loredana Crisan
Similar wording
The world around people is completely mutable; most everything that happens is because a person made it happen.
Last stated 11 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Mitchell Hashimoto
Similar wording
People change only from their own inner desire, never because someone told them to.
Last stated 6 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Kapil Gupta
Similar wording
Make something genuinely better and people will see it and switch - naive as it sounds, that is the whole driving principle.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
More people are going to be able to create their ideas, and nobody is in a position to tell people what they can or can't make.
Last stated 10 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Luis Ouriach
Similar wording
The world's consumption problems can be solved if we choose to.
Last stated 2 Jan 2008 · 19 years ago
Holds Jared Diamond
Same subject: ambition
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 25 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Cohen
Same subject: ambition
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds William MacAskill
Same subject: ambition
A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it.
Last stated 23 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rahul Vohra
Same subject: design
A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds M.G. Siegler
Same subject: design
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated 9 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ed Bayes
Same subject: design
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated 12 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Same subject: optimism
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 24 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: optimism
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Molly Graham
Same subject: optimism
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
Last stated c. 1946–1992
Holds Viktor Frankl