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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 14 Mar 2023 to 20 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Empty performative statements without real action amount to slacktivism.
Empty performative statements without real action amount to slacktivism.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Jun 2026
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Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Talk of unthinking agents producing ideas without a will is empty words — tap to centre the map on it
Talk of unthinking agents producing ideas without a will is empty words
GB
George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Neither the claim that great things only come without force nor the call for constant discipline describes reality. — tap to centre the map on it
Neither the claim that great things only come without force nor the call for constant discipline describes reality.
Last stated 5 months ago
11 Jun 2026
SC
Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful. — tap to centre the map on it
There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful.
Last stated 4 months ago
28 Jun 2026
PS
Patti Smith — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Flat, manager-free organisations do not deliver the equality they promise: they get abandoned, and the informal power left behind is unaccountable. — tap to centre the map on it
Flat, manager-free organisations do not deliver the equality they promise: they get abandoned, and the informal power left behind is unaccountable.
Last stated a year ago
28 May 2025
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are
CF
Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Telling people that something is good or fun accomplishes nothing; the posters and campaigns that do it only vibrate the air. — tap to centre the map on it
Telling people that something is good or fun accomplishes nothing; the posters and campaigns that do it only vibrate the air.
Last stated 4 years ago
14 Mar 2023
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Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody is convinced in real time on Twitter: a good argument is a seed lobbed over the barricades that grows months later, so plant it and wait. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody is convinced in real time on Twitter: a good argument is a seed lobbed over the barricades that grows months later, so plant it and wait.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Sept 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Empty summary sentences feel conclusive but say nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
Empty summary sentences feel conclusive but say nothing.
Last stated a year ago
16 Jun 2025
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Shreya Shankar — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show — tap to centre the map on it
Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show
TH
Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given — tap to centre the map on it
A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given
SE
Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Sept 2026
BC
Bryan Cantrill — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
AT
Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 4 months ago
22 Jun 2026
AG
Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity. — tap to centre the map on it
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Aug 2026
NP
Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it
Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch
Last stated 2 years ago
13 Nov 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
SR
Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot. — tap to centre the map on it
Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot.
Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
EP
Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI's real-world impact is bottlenecked by the pace of product development and the rate of adoption, not by further gains in AI capabilities. — tap to centre the map on it
AI's real-world impact is bottlenecked by the pace of product development and the rate of adoption, not by further gains in AI capabilities.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Dec 2024
AN
Arvind Narayanan — holds since 2024-12-18 — 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
At the centre
Empty performative statements without real action amount to slacktivism.
Last stated 8 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Adam Grant
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Similar wording
Talk of unthinking agents producing ideas without a will is empty words
Last stated c. 1710–1734
Holds George Berkeley
Similar wording
Neither the claim that great things only come without force nor the call for constant discipline describes reality.
Last stated 11 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Sasha Chapin
Similar wording
There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful.
Last stated 28 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Patti Smith
Similar wording
Flat, manager-free organisations do not deliver the equality they promise: they get abandoned, and the informal power left behind is unaccountable.
Last stated 28 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Charity Majors Camille Fournier
Similar wording
Telling people that something is good or fun accomplishes nothing; the posters and campaigns that do it only vibrate the air.
Last stated 14 Mar 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds Adam Mastroianni
Similar wording
Nobody is convinced in real time on Twitter: a good argument is a seed lobbed over the barricades that grows months later, so plant it and wait.
Last stated 18 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
Empty summary sentences feel conclusive but say nothing.
Last stated 16 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Shreya Shankar
Similar wording
Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show
Last stated c. 450–500 CE
Holds Thiruvalluvar
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given
Last stated c. 56–62 CE
Holds Seneca
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Bryan Cantrill
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: creativity
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 22 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Adam Grant
Same subject: creativity
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 4 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Nate Parrott
Same subject: creativity
Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch
Last stated 13 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: innovation
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Scott Rao
Same subject: innovation
Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot.
Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Eliot Peper
Same subject: innovation
AI's real-world impact is bottlenecked by the pace of product development and the rate of adoption, not by further gains in AI capabilities.
Last stated 18 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Arvind Narayanan