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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 28 Dec 2019 to 21 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under design design Everything filed under government government Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under education education Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Cities can offer something for everybody only when everybody creates them Cities can offer something for everybodyonly when everybody creates them JJ Jane Jacobs — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: Towns and buildings can only become alive if all the people make them, sharing a common pattern language that is itself alive — tap to centre the map on it Towns and buildings can only becomealive if all the people make them,sharing a common pattern languagethat is itself alive CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1977 — tap for who they are Same subject: The city comes before the individual, and one who needs no society is a beast or a god — tap to centre the map on it The city comes before theindividual, and one who needs nosociety is a beast or a god AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Almost everybody can benefit from AI in some way. — tap to centre the map on it Almost everybody can benefit from AIin some way. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 DS Dharmesh Shah — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone can become wealthy; it is merely a question of education and desire. — tap to centre the map on it Anyone can become wealthy; it ismerely a question of education anddesire. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city cannot be a work of art — tap to centre the map on it A city cannot be a work of art JJ Jane Jacobs — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything people have ever wanted to do with software is now possible. — tap to centre the map on it Everything people have ever wantedto do with software is now possible. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city is a natural creation, and humans are by nature political animals — tap to centre the map on it A city is a natural creation, andhumans are by nature politicalanimals AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a tool but an agent, the first technology that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a tool but an agent, thefirst technology that can makedecisions and invent new ideas byitself Last stated 2 years ago 10 Sept 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Art cannot result from external compulsion, because the labour that produces it is voluntary — tap to centre the map on it Art cannot result from externalcompulsion, because the labour thatproduces it is voluntary WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cultivate your own gift and never imitate another's talent — tap to centre the map on it Cultivate your own gift and neverimitate another's talent RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1841–1847 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decolonization is truly the creation of new men — tap to centre the map on it Decolonization is truly the creationof new men FF Frantz Fanon — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human behaviour is shaped by past influences but can also be determined by a person's own creative insight. — tap to centre the map on it Human behaviour is shaped by pastinfluences but can also bedetermined by a person's owncreative insight. CR Carl Rogers — holds since c. 1946 — tap for who they are Same subject: In knowing as in acting, people are creative and add to reality — tap to centre the map on it In knowing as in acting, people arecreative and add to reality WJ William James — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sometimes the limit on building crazy ideas is tokens and money, but sometimes the limit is ourselves. — tap to centre the map on it Sometimes the limit on buildingcrazy ideas is tokens and money, butsometimes the limit is ourselves. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 ER Evil Rabbit — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Cities can offer something for everybody only when everybody creates them Last stated c. 1961 Holds Jane Jacobs Read this korrent →