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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 13 May 2007 to 19 Jun 2026.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Belief is insisting that the truth is what one wishes it to be Belief is insisting that the truth is whatone wishes it to be AW Alan Watts — holds since c. 1951 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anything introduced with “I believe” is, by that fact alone, not something everyone can see to be true. — tap to centre the map on it Anything introduced with “I believe”is, by that fact alone, notsomething everyone can see to betrue. Last stated 10 months ago 5 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: What you desire and what you believe can contradict each other, as when you want health but believe in your illness — tap to centre the map on it What you desire and what you believecan contradict each other, as whenyou want health but believe in yourillness JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1972–1973 — tap for who they are Same subject: No belief is true: the moment something is proven it stops being a belief and becomes a fact. — tap to centre the map on it No belief is true: the momentsomething is proven it stops being abelief and becomes a fact. Last stated 10 months ago 5 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: People take their beliefs about reality as truth and rarely question them — tap to centre the map on it People take their beliefs aboutreality as truth and rarely questionthem JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1972–1973 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature — tap to centre the map on it Seeking, knowing and believing truthis the highest good of human nature FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: An opinion being false is not in itself an objection to it — tap to centre the map on it An opinion being false is not initself an objection to it FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1886 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person may be convinced of a truth by reason yet still act against it — tap to centre the map on it A person may be convinced of a truthby reason yet still act against it TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pursuing truth is the best aim for a life. — tap to centre the map on it Pursuing truth is the best aim for alife. Last stated 2 years ago 5 May 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — 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 Belief is insisting that the truth is what one wishes it to be Last stated c. 1951 Holds Alan Watts Read this korrent →