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← Conclusions reached through the passions are defended by the passions, not by reason

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 13 Feb 1788 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Conclusions reached through the passions are defended by the passions, not by reason Conclusions reached through the passionsare defended by the passions, not byreason BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reason improves through the passions; without fears and desires no one would bother to reason — tap to centre the map on it Reason improves through thepassions; without fears and desiresno one would bother to reason JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: In very large assemblies passion always overpowers reason — tap to centre the map on it In very large assemblies passionalways overpowers reason Last stated 239 years ago 13 Feb 1788 JM James Madison — holds since 1788-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people seem to use their reason to justify inherited prejudices rather than to root them out — tap to centre the map on it Most people seem to use their reasonto justify inherited prejudicesrather than to root them out MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Restraining lusts out of love of praise makes people less base but not holy — tap to centre the map on it Restraining lusts out of love ofpraise makes people less base butnot holy AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 413–426 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: The passions are necessary helpers of reason — tap to centre the map on it The passions are necessary helpersof reason Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you extol reason, what matters is the integrity of the thoughts, not the personalities of the thinkers — tap to centre the map on it If you extol reason, what matters isthe integrity of the thoughts, notthe personalities of the thinkers Last stated 9 years ago 11 Feb 2018 SP Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-11 — 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: Religion has come to mean defending human commentaries and spreading hatred rather than charity — tap to centre the map on it Religion has come to mean defendinghuman commentaries and spreadinghatred rather than charity BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — 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 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 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 Conclusions reached through the passions are defended by the passions, not by reason Last stated c. 1670 Holds Baruch Spinoza Read this korrent →