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← Facing so much suffering, the only course is to act as the Good Samaritan did, not to walk by

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 3 Oct 2020 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Facing so much suffering, the only course is to act as the Good Samaritan did, not to walk by Facing so much suffering, the only courseis to act as the Good Samaritan did, notto walk by Last stated 6 years ago 3 Oct 2020 PF Pope Francis — holds since 2020-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Witnessing suffering, rather than solving it, may be the only way we can truly comprehend it. — tap to centre the map on it Witnessing suffering, rather thansolving it, may be the only way wecan truly comprehend it. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Faced with someone's raw suffering, compassion from a step away seems to work better than empathy, which can leave you disabled by their despair. — tap to centre the map on it Faced with someone's raw suffering,compassion from a step away seems towork better than empathy, which canleave you disabled by their despair. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Feb 2024 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2024-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. — tap to centre the map on it Counting every being that cansuffer, and applying consistentmoral weights, yields conclusionsits own defenders find uncomfortableand cannot fully endorse. Last stated 5 years ago 2 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules — tap to centre the map on it The virtues needed to lead a goodlife cannot be formulated as rules MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human self-awareness makes mere survival feel unsatisfying rather than sufficient. — tap to centre the map on it Human self-awareness makes meresurvival feel unsatisfying ratherthan sufficient. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MP Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 objectivecondition in the outside world YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting someone from the team can be an act of mercy — tap to centre the map on it Cutting someone from the team can bean act of mercy Last stated 3 years ago 10 Apr 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-04-10 — 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 cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — 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 byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — 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 AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated a month ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — 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 earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH 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 becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS 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 allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Facing so much suffering, the only course is to act as the Good Samaritan did, not to walk by Last stated 3 Oct 2020 · 6 years ago Holds Pope Francis Read this korrent →