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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 7 May 2023 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under design design Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Denying human nature has split intellectual life from common sense Denying human nature has splitintellectual life from common sense SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: Refusing to acknowledge human nature distorts science, public discourse and daily life — tap to centre the map on it Refusing to acknowledge human naturedistorts science, public discourseand daily life SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: The intellectual life is not selling ideas but coming together to determine the truth and significance of things — tap to centre the map on it The intellectual life is not sellingideas but coming together todetermine the truth and significanceof things JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human nature is too varied to accept constraint on its creativity — tap to centre the map on it Human nature is too varied to acceptconstraint on its creativity Last stated 3 years ago 7 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is dismantling our assumptions about nature, authority, religion, knowledge, sanity and human identity. — tap to centre the map on it AI is dismantling our assumptionsabout nature, authority, religion,knowledge, sanity and humanidentity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 AC Andrei Codrescu — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humankind is losing faith in the liberal story just as biotech and infotech pose its biggest challenges — tap to centre the map on it Humankind is losing faith in theliberal story just as biotech andinfotech pose its biggest challenges YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one who looks at nature as connected can still believe humans were separately created — tap to centre the map on it No one who looks at nature asconnected can still believe humanswere separately created CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: The standard narrative of agriculture as a sudden civilizational fall oversimplifies a far more gradual, complicated history. — tap to centre the map on it The standard narrative ofagriculture as a suddencivilizational fall oversimplifies afar more gradual, complicatedhistory. Last stated 10 months ago 13 Jan 2026 SJ Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is human nature to overinterpret evidence, and the hardest part of science is not doing so. — tap to centre the map on it It is human nature to overinterpretevidence, and the hardest part ofscience is not doing so. Last stated 11 months ago 30 Nov 2025 GT Gary Taubes — holds since 2025-11-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that is uncompromising butalso kind and supportive is the mostfertile ground for creativity. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilized town is far better off with a religion, even a bad one, than with none — tap to centre the map on it A civilized town is far better offwith a religion, even a bad one,than with none VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — 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 Denying human nature has split intellectual life from common sense Last stated c. 2002 Holds Steven Pinker Read this korrent →