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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Becoming more ethical means doing better than before, not maximizing value perfectly Becoming more ethical means doing betterthan before, not maximizing valueperfectly Last stated 6 years ago 31 Oct 2020 MB Max Bazerman — holds since 2020-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it Working on how good the long-runfuture is does not require acceptingconsequentialism or believing thatyou should always maximise the good. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Setting goals makes otherwise-unethical behaviour more likely; goal setting is not bad but has overlooked problems — tap to centre the map on it Setting goals makesotherwise-unethical behaviour morelikely; goal setting is not bad buthas overlooked problems Last stated 18 years ago 12 Jun 2008 MB Max Bazerman — holds since 2008-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Broadly, human ethical progress is the gradual extension of mutual aid from the tribe toward the whole of humanity — tap to centre the map on it Broadly, human ethical progress isthe gradual extension of mutual aidfrom the tribe toward the whole ofhumanity PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can often create value for others without sacrifice, by deciding more wisely how to spend your time and what to do at work — tap to centre the map on it You can often create value forothers without sacrifice, bydeciding more wisely how to spendyour time and what to do at work Last stated 6 years ago 31 Oct 2020 MB Max Bazerman — holds since 2020-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Harder is easier: committing up front to quality, ethics or safety pays back in rewards you cannot get by chasing the reward. — tap to centre the map on it Harder is easier: committing upfront to quality, ethics or safetypays back in rewards you cannot getby chasing the reward. Last stated 5 months ago 10 May 2026 ER Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Producing moral, not just technological, progress requires introducing new moral premises that invert what people previously believed. — tap to centre the map on it Producing moral, not justtechnological, progress requiresintroducing new moral premises thatinvert what people previouslybelieved. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Jul 2026 BS Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being smart and competent makes someone right more often, but not right every time. — tap to centre the map on it Being smart and competent makessomeone right more often, but notright every time. Last stated 5 years ago 27 Feb 2022 NN Neel Nanda — holds since 2022-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Moral virtue is a settled habit of preferring a good life to a good time — tap to centre the map on it Moral virtue is a settled habit ofpreferring a good life to a goodtime MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — 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: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat 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 board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it A board game conquers the world whenchance and strategy are in balancein it. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good will seems to be the indispensable condition of even deserving happiness — tap to centre the map on it A good will seems to be theindispensable condition of evendeserving happiness IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. — tap to centre the map on it A good prototype should express asingle idea or test a singlehypothesis. Last stated 9 years ago 22 Feb 2018 BF Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Becoming more ethical means doing better than before, not maximizing value perfectly Last stated 31 Oct 2020 · 6 years ago Holds Max Bazerman Read this korrent →