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Read this korrent: Every worker is in lasting debt to society, and the proprietor betrays a trust
Every worker is in lasting debt to society, and the proprietor betrays a trust
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company owes its builders a moral contract: if they take the hill, leadership must work just as hard to unlock the value of what they built. — tap to centre the map on it
A company owes its builders a moral contract: if they take the hill, leadership must work just as hard to unlock the value of what they built.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A labourer who marries without means to support a family is in some respects an enemy to other labourers — tap to centre the map on it
A labourer who marries without means to support a family is in some respects an enemy to other labourers
TM
Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The modern workman works harder than the feudal serf, lives little better, and produces far more luxury for his master — tap to centre the map on it
The modern workman works harder than the feudal serf, lives little better, and produces far more luxury for his master
WM
William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Only society, not the individual, is the permanent possessor of things — tap to centre the map on it
Only society, not the individual, is the permanent possessor of things
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Slave labor is so cheap that greedy owners overlook the evils that will surely follow — tap to centre the map on it
Slave labor is so cheap that greedy owners overlook the evils that will surely follow
DW
David Walker — holds since c. 1829–1830 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every extension of paternal government falls on the Forgotten Man, who must work and pay — tap to centre the map on it
Every extension of paternal government falls on the Forgotten Man, who must work and pay
WS
William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The division of labour stamps people for life into narrow tasks with no view of the whole — tap to centre the map on it
The division of labour stamps people for life into narrow tasks with no view of the whole
PK
Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A house is built by many workers, not by its owner — tap to centre the map on it
A house is built by many workers, not by its owner
PK
Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — 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 country's war effort improves when scarce resources flow to its most effective units rather than being spread evenly across all of them. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's war effort improves when scarce resources flow to its most effective units rather than being spread evenly across all of them.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 Jul 2026
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-07-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A dominant company's lead in market share compounds over time and becomes harder for competitors to close, especially in technology. — tap to centre the map on it
A dominant company's lead in market share compounds over time and becomes harder for competitors to close, especially in technology.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
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Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on AI is unlikely.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jul 2026
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John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it
A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer.
Last stated 4 months ago
13 Jul 2026
JT
James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it
A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country
MF
Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it
A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century
FH
Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term. — tap to centre the map on it
An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Oct 2026
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Ilya Somin — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
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