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Read this korrent: Feelings are a guidance system for life: right decisions come from the gut, wrong ones from not listening to it
Feelings are a guidance system for life: right decisions come from the gut, wrong ones from not listening to it
Last stated 18 years ago
15 Jun 2008
OW
Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2008-06-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decisions often require an extra level of awareness than you expect, and taking a beat to reconsider the deeper set of options before deciding sometimes prevents you from going down a bad path. — tap to centre the map on it
Decisions often require an extra level of awareness than you expect, and taking a beat to reconsider the deeper set of options before deciding sometimes prevents you from going down a bad path.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
CD
Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Losing your emotions does not leave you a cooler decision-maker; it leaves you unable to organise a life at all. — tap to centre the map on it
Losing your emotions does not leave you a cooler decision-maker; it leaves you unable to organise a life at all.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
RA
Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Consciousness exists to override a rational decision that cannot be made, substituting an emotional judgement when there is too much conflicting information. — tap to centre the map on it
Consciousness exists to override a rational decision that cannot be made, substituting an emotional judgement when there is too much conflicting information.
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
NL
Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder's gut instincts are almost always right and the ideas built on top of them are usually wrong, so the work is to isolate the instinct and test many ideas around it. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder's gut instincts are almost always right and the ideas built on top of them are usually wrong, so the work is to isolate the instinct and test many ideas around it.
Last stated 4 months ago
14 Jun 2026
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Emotions are how a person draws on accumulated patterns, so people who lose access to them make worse decisions rather than more rational ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Emotions are how a person draws on accumulated patterns, so people who lose access to them make worse decisions rather than more rational ones.
Last stated 4 years ago
9 Aug 2022
GK
Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Teams building AI products coast on vibes for too long: trusting the vibes gets you somewhere, but it is not rigorous. — tap to centre the map on it
Teams building AI products coast on vibes for too long: trusting the vibes gets you somewhere, but it is not rigorous.
Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
DF
Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody actually decides on the facts -- emotion decides and facts rationalise, so you find whatever truth is useful to you. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody actually decides on the facts -- emotion decides and facts rationalise, so you find whatever truth is useful to you.
Last stated 8 months ago
20 Jan 2026
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Resisting the discomfort of not knowing leads people to jump to conclusions or decide before they have enough information. — tap to centre the map on it
Resisting the discomfort of not knowing leads people to jump to conclusions or decide before they have enough information.
Last stated 2 years ago
2 Apr 2025
KN
Ken Norton — holds since 2025-04-02 — 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
ES
Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — 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
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating. — tap to centre the map on it
Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
TS
Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff. — tap to centre the map on it
Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff.
Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
WB
Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier — tap to centre the map on it
Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier
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Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded. — tap to centre the map on it
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
WB
Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People with friends of other races should show up when injustice hits those friends’ communities — tap to centre the map on it
People with friends of other races should show up when injustice hits those friends’ communities
Last stated 7 years ago
22 Feb 2020
RI
Rihanna — holds since 2020-02-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it
A country is primarily for its native people
Last stated a year ago
15 Sept 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric — tap to centre the map on it
A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric
Last stated 8 years ago
6 Mar 2019
TS
Taylor Swift — holds since 2019-03-06 — tap for who they are
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Feelings are a guidance system for life: right decisions come from the gut, wrong ones from not listening to it
Last stated 15 Jun 2008 · 18 years ago
Holds Oprah Winfrey
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Decisions often require an extra level of awareness than you expect, and taking a beat to reconsider the deeper set of options before deciding sometimes prevents you from going down a bad path.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Charlie Deets
Similar wording
Losing your emotions does not leave you a cooler decision-maker; it leaves you unable to organise a life at all.
Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ralph Adolphs
Similar wording
Consciousness exists to override a rational decision that cannot be made, substituting an emotional judgement when there is too much conflicting information.
Last stated 7 Sept 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Nick Lane
Similar wording
A founder's gut instincts are almost always right and the ideas built on top of them are usually wrong, so the work is to isolate the instinct and test many ideas around it.
Last stated 14 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Mark Pincus
Similar wording
Emotions are how a person draws on accumulated patterns, so people who lose access to them make worse decisions rather than more rational ones.
Last stated 9 Aug 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Gary Klein
Similar wording
Teams building AI products coast on vibes for too long: trusting the vibes gets you somewhere, but it is not rigorous.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Dylan Field
Similar wording
Nobody actually decides on the facts -- emotion decides and facts rationalise, so you find whatever truth is useful to you.
Last stated 20 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Similar wording
Resisting the discomfort of not knowing leads people to jump to conclusions or decide before they have enough information.
Last stated 2 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Ken Norton
Same subject: empathy
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
Last stated c. 1898
Holds Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Same subject: empathy
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Lex Fridman
Same subject: empathy
Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Tara Seshan
Same subject: Narcissism
Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff.
Last stated 30 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Wendy Behary
Same subject: Narcissism
Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier
Last stated c. 1930
Holds Sigmund Freud
Same subject: Narcissism
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Last stated 30 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Wendy Behary
Same subject: racism
People with friends of other races should show up when injustice hits those friends’ communities
Last stated 22 Feb 2020 · 7 years ago
Holds Rihanna
Same subject: racism
A country is primarily for its native people
Last stated 15 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: racism
A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric
Last stated 6 Mar 2019 · 8 years ago
Holds Taylor Swift