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← Entities that cannot suffer, however intelligent, are not moral subjects
17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 5 Jul 1852 to 3 Oct 2026.
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AI sentience 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: Entities that cannot suffer, however intelligent, are not moral subjects Entities that cannot suffer, however intelligent, are not moral subjects Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Suffering is not an objective condition in the outside world — tap to centre the map on it Suffering is not an objective condition in the outside world
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If God is like the moral law, then God is not soft — tap to centre the map on it If God is like the moral law, then God is not soft
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C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans are not individuals but dividuals — tap to centre the map on it Humans are not individuals but dividuals
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Belief is not something a person can choose — tap to centre the map on it Belief is not something a person can choose Last stated a year ago
9 Oct 2025
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Richard Dawkins — holds since 2025-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What is inhuman cannot be divine — tap to centre the map on it What is inhuman cannot be divine Last stated 174 years ago
5 Jul 1852
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Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The worry is not unaligned AI but unaligned humans with AI. — tap to centre the map on it The worry is not unaligned AI but unaligned humans with AI. Last stated 8 months ago
19 Feb 2026
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-02-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Railways and hospitals are not a test of high civilization and are at best a necessary evil — tap to centre the map on it Railways and hospitals are not a test of high civilization and are at best a necessary evil Last stated 106 years ago
26 Jan 1921
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Mahatma Gandhi — holds since 1921-01-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Competent information processing and sentience are wholly unrelated — tap to centre the map on it Competent information processing and sentience are wholly unrelated Last stated 3 weeks ago
3 Oct 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — 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 cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — 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 without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy
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C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion
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Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — 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
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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
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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
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Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are