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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 31 Aug 1837 to 18 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Finding the oppressor out must involve action and serious reflection, neither purely intellectual nor mere activism, to be praxis
Finding the oppressor out must involve action and serious reflection, neither purely intellectual nor mere activism, to be praxis
PF
Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Intellectual progress needs not that everyone may think or write anything, but that any idea may be argued by someone — tap to centre the map on it
Intellectual progress needs not that everyone may think or write anything, but that any idea may be argued by someone
FH
Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Students of organizations need to explore the implications of efforts to take the humans out of human organizations — tap to centre the map on it
Students of organizations need to explore the implications of efforts to take the humans out of human organizations
Last stated 9 years ago
1 Aug 2017
JM
James G. March — holds since 2017-08-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of people upon their world in order to transform it — tap to centre the map on it
Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of people upon their world in order to transform it
PF
Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Apart from inquiry and praxis, individuals cannot be truly human — tap to centre the map on it
Apart from inquiry and praxis, individuals cannot be truly human
PF
Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth — tap to centre the map on it
Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth
Last stated 189 years ago
31 Aug 1837
RE
Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing — tap to centre the map on it
Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing
Last stated 131 years ago
18 Sept 1895
BW
Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As societies rely more on coordination than coercion, the power to shape beliefs and knowledge grows in importance. — tap to centre the map on it
As societies rely more on coordination than coercion, the power to shape beliefs and knowledge grows in importance.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Aug 2026
HF
Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Neither the centralized State nor teachings of pitiless struggle could uproot the feeling of human solidarity — tap to centre the map on it
Neither the centralized State nor teachings of pitiless struggle could uproot the feeling of human solidarity
PK
Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — 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 cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints.
Last stated 2 weeks 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-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally.
Last stated 8 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 its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad 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: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
RB
Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it
A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
OB
Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 1837 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are