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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Deference to the rich and powerful comes more from admiring them than from hoping to benefit Deference to the rich and powerful comesmore from admiring them than from hopingto benefit AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: Possession of great wealth and authority engenders an instinct for the violent defense of that wealth. — tap to centre the map on it Possession of great wealth andauthority engenders an instinct forthe violent defense of that wealth. Last stated 6 months ago 7 May 2026 MB Mandy Brown — holds since 2026-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom — tap to centre the map on it Alongside a healthy passion forequality, a depraved one prefersequality in slavery to unequalfreedom AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rich and powerful are happy only to the degree that others are deprived — tap to centre the map on it The rich and powerful are happy onlyto the degree that others aredeprived JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking well of mankind is more favourable to virtue than a low opinion of our nature — tap to centre the map on it Thinking well of mankind is morefavourable to virtue than a lowopinion of our nature DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Property wins people the respect that should be due only to talent and virtue — tap to centre the map on it Property wins people the respectthat should be due only to talentand virtue MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Respect is owed to those who lead minds by the force of truth, not to conquerors who enslave their fellow creatures — tap to centre the map on it Respect is owed to those who leadminds by the force of truth, not toconquerors who enslave their fellowcreatures VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: By pursuing their own interest, people frequently serve society better than when they set out to serve it — tap to centre the map on it By pursuing their own interest,people frequently serve societybetter than when they set out toserve it Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Not content with their physical advantage, men lower women further to make them merely alluring — tap to centre the map on it Not content with their physicaladvantage, men lower women furtherto make them merely alluring MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — 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 big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Deference to the rich and powerful comes more from admiring them than from hoping to benefit Last stated c. 1759–1777 Holds Adam Smith Read this korrent →