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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 11 Feb 2016 to 14 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under family family Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Discipline should aim to produce a self-governing person, not one governed by others Discipline should aim to produce aself-governing person, not one governed byothers HS Herbert Spencer — holds since c. 1854–1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life: do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself — tap to centre the map on it Reciprocity can serve as a rule forlife: do not do to others what youdo not want done to yourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: People who cannot manage themselves should not manage others. — tap to centre the map on it People who cannot manage themselvesshould not manage others. Last stated a year ago 27 Jun 2025 KS Kim Scott — holds since 2025-06-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are not built for discipline — tap to centre the map on it We are not built for discipline AG Atul Gawande — holds since c. 2009 — tap for who they are Same subject: The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules — tap to centre the map on it The virtues needed to lead a goodlife cannot be formulated as rules MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Kids have their own lives and parents should not try to apply their rules to them. — tap to centre the map on it Kids have their own lives andparents should not try to applytheir rules to them. Last stated a year ago 14 May 2025 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2025-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whoever fights monsters must take care not to become a monster — tap to centre the map on it Whoever fights monsters must takecare not to become a monster FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1886 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one is responsible for their acts or their nature, so to judge is to be unjust — tap to centre the map on it No one is responsible for their actsor their nature, so to judge is tobe unjust FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person powerful enough to dominate a group alone will exploit it rather than lead it cooperatively. — tap to centre the map on it A person powerful enough to dominatea group alone will exploit it ratherthan lead it cooperatively. Last stated 11 years ago 11 Feb 2016 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2016-02-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it Abolitionists who felt the slave'swrongs were blind to the equal legalwrongs of their own mothers, wivesand sisters ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather thanmalice changes the response: empathyand clarity instead ofdefensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Nov 2024 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — 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
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At the centre Discipline should aim to produce a self-governing person, not one governed by others Last stated c. 1854–1861 Holds Herbert Spencer Read this korrent →