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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Calling the man who claimed divinity merely a great human teacher is patronising nonsense; he left no such option Calling the man who claimed divinitymerely a great human teacher ispatronising nonsense; he left no suchoption CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living — tap to centre the map on it Discussing virtue daily is thegreatest good, and the unexaminedlife is not worth living SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: One must choose: the man who claimed divinity was the Son of God, or a madman or worse — tap to centre the map on it One must choose: the man who claimeddivinity was the Son of God, or amadman or worse CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one with understanding could think a man believes in divine things yet not in gods — tap to centre the map on it No one with understanding couldthink a man believes in divinethings yet not in gods SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: He is not religious and wishes he were: religion is a societal operating system, and every recent replacement for it has been worse. — tap to centre the map on it He is not religious and wishes hewere: religion is a societaloperating system, and every recentreplacement for it has been worse. Last stated a year ago 12 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every paradigm-shifting idea began as heresy, so outlandish ideas have to be kept on the table. — tap to centre the map on it Every paradigm-shifting idea beganas heresy, so outlandish ideas haveto be kept on the table. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: One might say that human happiness is not part of the plan of creation — tap to centre the map on it One might say that human happinessis not part of the plan of creation SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A vastly superhuman intelligence would still not be able to talk people out of their beliefs, because humans are barely persuadable. — tap to centre the map on it A vastly superhuman intelligencewould still not be able to talkpeople out of their beliefs, becausehumans are barely persuadable. Last stated a year ago 21 Aug 2025 DY Dynomight — holds since 2025-03-27 — tap for who they are DY Dynomight — no longer holds since 2025-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — 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 2 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it A little philosophy inclines themind to atheism, but depth inphilosophy brings it back toreligion FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person's death, more than their life, is what turns them into a viral, revered symbol. — tap to centre the map on it A person's death, more than theirlife, is what turns them into aviral, revered symbol. Last stated 9 months ago 14 Jan 2026 BT Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-01-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Calling the man who claimed divinity merely a great human teacher is patronising nonsense; he left no such option Last stated c. 1942–1952 Holds C. S. Lewis Read this korrent →