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← Books that misrepresent human passions should not be read before the judgment is formed

16 connected korrents · 8 moments from 15 Jun 2012 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Books that misrepresent human passions should not be read before the judgment is formed Books that misrepresent human passionsshould not be read before the judgment isformed MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking, judgement and knowledgeare worth pursuing for the joy inthem, not in order to defend humanuniqueness. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A literature that faithfully studies human nature cannot be sinless — tap to centre the map on it A literature that faithfully studieshuman nature cannot be sinless JN John Henry Newman — holds since c. 1852–1890 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should study what the ancients wrote, accept what is true and be warned by what is wrong — tap to centre the map on it We should study what the ancientswrote, accept what is true and bewarned by what is wrong I( Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Pentateuch's writers made God jealous and revengeful, and no other books so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman — tap to centre the map on it The Pentateuch's writers made Godjealous and revengeful, and no otherbooks so fully teach the subjectionand degradation of woman ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reason is necessary for a woman to perform any duty properly, and sensibility is not reason — tap to centre the map on it Reason is necessary for a woman toperform any duty properly, andsensibility is not reason MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Had the first humans not sinned they would not have died, and their descendants inherit that death — tap to centre the map on it Had the first humans not sinned theywould not have died, and theirdescendants inherit that death AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 413–426 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — 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: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Books that misrepresent human passions should not be read before the judgment is formed Last stated c. 1787 Holds Mary Wollstonecraft Read this korrent →