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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 13 May 2007 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under economists economists Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under government government Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Experts should be listened to freely but never allowed to impose their authority Experts should be listened to freely butnever allowed to impose their authority MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: Arguing that nobody should have powerful AI is a respectable position; arguing that only trusted authorities should have it is not. — tap to centre the map on it Arguing that nobody should havepowerful AI is a respectableposition; arguing that only trustedauthorities should have it is not. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Jun 2023 GH George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: One is not entitled to an opinion on a subject until one can state the arguments against one’s position better than its supporters — tap to centre the map on it One is not entitled to an opinion ona subject until one can state thearguments against one’s positionbetter than its supporters Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom of judgment can be granted without harming public peace, and without it neither piety nor peace is secure — tap to centre the map on it Freedom of judgment can be grantedwithout harming public peace, andwithout it neither piety nor peaceis secure BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being intellectual does not necessarily mean suspending judgment; the intellect craves certainty — tap to centre the map on it Being intellectual does notnecessarily mean suspendingjudgment; the intellect cravescertainty RB Randolph Bourne — holds since c. 1917–1918 — tap for who they are Same subject: Respect is owed to those who lead minds by the force of truth, not to conquerors who enslave their fellow creatures — tap to centre the map on it Respect is owed to those who leadminds by the force of truth, not toconquerors who enslave their fellowcreatures VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: People of the past should be judged by what a reasonable person in their context could be expected to see. — tap to centre the map on it People of the past should be judgedby what a reasonable person in theircontext could be expected to see. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people should judge whether a ruler has acted contrary to their trust — tap to centre the map on it The people should judge whether aruler has acted contrary to theirtrust JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whoever is content and knows when to stop needs fear no shame or blame, and lives long, free from danger — tap to centre the map on it Whoever is content and knows when tostop needs fear no shame or blame,and lives long, free from danger LA Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory that is afraid of investigation does not deserve a place in the mind — tap to centre the map on it A theory that is afraid ofinvestigation does not deserve aplace in the mind RI Robert G. Ingersoll — holds since c. 1876–1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run a product and a project operating model at the same time. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run a product and aproject operating model at the sametime. Last stated a year ago 27 Oct 2025 PW Petra Wille — holds since 2025-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adam Smith’s vision of how greedy self-interest serves the public good is unnatural. — tap to centre the map on it Adam Smith’s vision of how greedyself-interest serves the public goodis unnatural. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Among the leading candidates for greatest economist of all time, Adam Smith was analytically the weakest, save perhaps Malthus. — tap to centre the map on it Among the leading candidates forgreatest economist of all time, AdamSmith was analytically the weakest,save perhaps Malthus. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: An inability to see the viewpoints of people unlike oneself is a genuine weakness in a social scientist, not merely a separate moral failing. — tap to centre the map on it An inability to see the viewpointsof people unlike oneself is agenuine weakness in a socialscientist, not merely a separatemoral failing. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Experts should be listened to freely but never allowed to impose their authority Last stated c. 1870–1876 Holds Mikhail Bakunin Read this korrent →