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← Bodily ills come mainly from disobeying our sensations, not from obeying them

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 12 Jun 2008 to 27 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Bodily ills come mainly from disobeying our sensations, not from obeying them Bodily ills come mainly from disobeyingour sensations, not from obeying them HS Herbert Spencer — holds since c. 1854–1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people — tap to centre the map on it Much wrongdoing comes from goodpeople doing bad things withoutknowing it, not from bad people Last stated 18 years ago 12 Jun 2008 MB Max Bazerman — holds since 2008-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating a wrongdoer as mistaken rather than evil is compatible with stopping them from doing further harm. — tap to centre the map on it Treating a wrongdoer as mistakenrather than evil is compatible withstopping them from doing furtherharm. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Oct 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evil exists to spur action, so we should strive against it rather than submit — tap to centre the map on it Evil exists to spur action, so weshould strive against it rather thansubmit TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: Morality results from compulsion obeyed in order to avoid pain — tap to centre the map on it Morality results from compulsionobeyed in order to avoid pain FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: We suffer mainly from our illusions, not our vices or weaknesses — tap to centre the map on it We suffer mainly from our illusions,not our vices or weaknesses DB Daniel J. Boorstin — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pagans blame Christianity for their afflictions but not their gods for Rome's earlier corruption — tap to centre the map on it Pagans blame Christianity for theirafflictions but not their gods forRome's earlier corruption AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 413–426 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Killing oneself to escape hardship or disgrace shows a feeble mind, not greatness of soul — tap to centre the map on it Killing oneself to escape hardshipor disgrace shows a feeble mind, notgreatness of soul AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 413–426 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: We are ashamed of envy because we learn from the cradle to hide our self-love — tap to centre the map on it We are ashamed of envy because welearn from the cradle to hide ourself-love BM Bernard Mandeville — holds since c. 1714–1733 — 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 CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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 Bodily ills come mainly from disobeying our sensations, not from obeying them Last stated c. 1854–1861 Holds Herbert Spencer Read this korrent →