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← Convenience means someone else makes your choices for you: the less you have to do, the less say you have
17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 18 Feb 2015 to 27 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Convenience means someone else makes your choices for you: the less you have to do, the less say you have
Convenience means someone else makes your choices for you: the less you have to do, the less say you have
Last stated 5 years ago
22 Nov 2021
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2021-11-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Convenience means someone else makes your choices for you: the less you have to do, the less say you have. — tap to centre the map on it
Convenience means someone else makes your choices for you: the less you have to do, the less say you have.
Last stated 12 years ago
18 Feb 2015
FC
Frank Chimero — holds since 2015-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is one thing to accept a poor work-life balance for yourself, and a different thing entirely to demand it of the people you manage. — tap to centre the map on it
It is one thing to accept a poor work-life balance for yourself, and a different thing entirely to demand it of the people you manage.
Last stated 3 months ago
9 Jul 2026
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Andrew Kelley — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change. — tap to centre the map on it
Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Apr 2023
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2023-04-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having too little to do can be worse than having too much — tap to centre the map on it
Having too little to do can be worse than having too much
Last stated 2 years ago
11 Apr 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-04-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Saying no and setting boundaries are acts of self-preservation, not selfishness or letting others down. — tap to centre the map on it
Saying no and setting boundaries are acts of self-preservation, not selfishness or letting others down.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
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Adam Grant — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. — tap to centre the map on it
Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them.
Last stated a month ago
24 Aug 2026
MH
Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person's ability to make decisions for many people is questionable if they struggle to understand their own preferences. — tap to centre the map on it
A person's ability to make decisions for many people is questionable if they struggle to understand their own preferences.
Last stated 5 days ago
27 Sept 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you approve of every choice your child makes, your grip is too tight — tap to centre the map on it
If you approve of every choice your child makes, your grip is too tight
Last stated 5 years ago
22 Nov 2021
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2021-11-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 8 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
RV
Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it
A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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