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13 connected korrents · 11 moments from 22 Mar 1894 to 14 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about behavioural science .
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Read this korrent: Envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought, and self-pity gets close to paranoia, which is very hard to reverse
Envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought, and self-pity gets close to paranoia, which is very hard to reverse
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
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Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us — tap to centre the map on it
Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us
Last stated 133 years ago
22 Mar 1894
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Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1894-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The more someone is disliked, the more likely their actions are to be attributed to malice. — tap to centre the map on it
The more someone is disliked, the more likely their actions are to be attributed to malice.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
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Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Envy is usually based on a distorted, delusional picture of another person's life rather than reality. — tap to centre the map on it
Envy is usually based on a distorted, delusional picture of another person's life rather than reality.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Sept 2026
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Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Suppressed hurt hardens into resentment that erodes generosity, and what looks like acceptance can actually be resignation. — tap to centre the map on it
Suppressed hurt hardens into resentment that erodes generosity, and what looks like acceptance can actually be resignation.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Aug 2026
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Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — 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's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
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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 than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
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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 a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it
Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Nov 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it
Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
12 Sept 2026
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Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it
Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike.
Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
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Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — 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
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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
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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
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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