Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← Dehumanizing others dehumanizes the oppressor too; we can be human only in fellowship
17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 11 Dec 1984 to 27 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under social media
social media
Everything filed under ambition
ambition
Everything filed under optimism
optimism
Everything filed under agency
agency
Everything filed under happiness
happiness
Everything filed under politics
politics
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject
Read this korrent: Dehumanizing others dehumanizes the oppressor too; we can be human only in fellowship
Dehumanizing others dehumanizes the oppressor too; we can be human only in fellowship
Last stated 42 years ago
11 Dec 1984
DT
Desmond Tutu — holds since 1984-12-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being. — tap to centre the map on it
Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being.
Last stated 9 months ago
14 Jan 2026
BT
Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-01-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humanity generally shares a common desire to see the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians end. — tap to centre the map on it
Humanity generally shares a common desire to see the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians end.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 Apr 2024
EK
Etgar Keret — holds since 2024-04-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The more a person has within themselves, the less they want from other people — tap to centre the map on it
The more a person has within themselves, the less they want from other people
AS
Arthur Schopenhauer — holds since c. 1851 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humanism has split into rival sects fighting over the definition of humanity, as Christian sects fought over God — tap to centre the map on it
Humanism has split into rival sects fighting over the definition of humanity, as Christian sects fought over God
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2011–2015 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Whoever debases others is debasing themselves — tap to centre the map on it
Whoever debases others is debasing themselves
JB
James Baldwin — holds since c. 1962–1963 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Treating ordinary people as an oppressor class that must repent is incompatible with left populism. — tap to centre the map on it
Treating ordinary people as an oppressor class that must repent is incompatible with left populism.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
JB
Josh Barro — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having internalized the oppressor's image, the oppressed fear freedom, which would demand autonomy and responsibility instead — tap to centre the map on it
Having internalized the oppressor's image, the oppressed fear freedom, which would demand autonomy and responsibility instead
PF
Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed is to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well — tap to centre the map on it
The great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed is to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well
PF
Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A dominant platform is more fragile than it looks, because pushing users far enough makes even the locked-in ones leave. — tap to centre the map on it
A dominant platform is more fragile than it looks, because pushing users far enough makes even the locked-in ones leave.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Oct 2024
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2023-01-21 — tap for who they are
MW
Molly White — holds since 2024-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A more fragmented but media-savvy population will lead to more small-scale, meme-driven terrorism. — tap to centre the map on it
A more fragmented but media-savvy population will lead to more small-scale, meme-driven terrorism.
Last stated a month ago
12 Sept 2026
BH
Byrne Hobart — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — 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 9 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 or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 1984 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are