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← Don't confuse what you wish were true with what is true
17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 1 Sept 2016 to 15 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Don't confuse what you wish were true with what is true
Don't confuse what you wish were true with what is true
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since c. 2017 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Wish for things to happen as they do, not as you would like, and life will flow tranquilly — tap to centre the map on it
Wish for things to happen as they do, not as you would like, and life will flow tranquilly
EP
Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: When a slight inconsistency makes something significantly clearer, choose clarity — tap to centre the map on it
When a slight inconsistency makes something significantly clearer, choose clarity
SK
Steve Krug — holds since c. 2000–2014 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An imagined reality is not a lie — tap to centre the map on it
An imagined reality is not a lie
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2011–2015 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Do not mistake your own strength for the strength of the thing you are building. — tap to centre the map on it
Do not mistake your own strength for the strength of the thing you are building.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
JF
Jason Feifer — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Emotions follow beliefs, not the other way around — tap to centre the map on it
Emotions follow beliefs, not the other way around
JR
Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1972–1973 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Clarity about what matters gives clarity about what does not — tap to centre the map on it
Clarity about what matters gives clarity about what does not
CN
Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no such thing as a true or a false memory: every memory is a mix of fragments of what happened with the theories and inferences we used to fill the gaps. — tap to centre the map on it
There is no such thing as a true or a false memory: every memory is a mix of fragments of what happened with the theories and inferences we used to fill the gaps.
Last stated 2 years ago
25 May 2024
CR
Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Human needs can be distinguished as true and false — tap to centre the map on it
Human needs can be distinguished as true and false
HM
Herbert Marcuse — holds since c. 1964 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in.
Last stated 2 years ago
3 Mar 2025
TS
Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2025-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation. — tap to centre the map on it
A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation.
Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
AR
Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design system is only as good as its documentation. — tap to centre the map on it
A design system is only as good as its documentation.
Last stated 10 years ago
1 Sept 2016
MM
Mina Markham — holds since 2016-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 4 months ago
19 Jun 2026
RJ
Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
TP
Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it
A deep life is a good life
CN
Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
CH
Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
AS
Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are