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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 Feb 1903 to 13 Oct 2026.
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Read this korrent: Flattery has made people treat any disagreement as a bitter attack
Flattery has made people treat any disagreement as a bitter attack
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Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A leader too impatient to sustain a waiting game will undermine strategies built on economic pressure and waiting out an adversary. — tap to centre the map on it
A leader too impatient to sustain a waiting game will undermine strategies built on economic pressure and waiting out an adversary.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team that is falling behind can only be fixed by hiring more people; no amount of process or patience will move it. — tap to centre the map on it
A team that is falling behind can only be fixed by hiring more people; no amount of process or patience will move it.
Last stated 8 years ago
17 Jun 2018
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-06-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agents might, like self-driving cars, not need special equipment to interact with the environment — tap to centre the map on it
Agents might, like self-driving cars, not need special equipment to interact with the environment
Last stated 4 years ago
26 Oct 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-10-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI tools foster a culture of immediacy that diminishes people's capacity for patience. — tap to centre the map on it
AI tools foster a culture of immediacy that diminishes people's capacity for patience.
Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Christian B. Miller — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Be impatient with actions and patient with results, because results come out of complex systems and other people. — tap to centre the map on it
Be impatient with actions and patient with results, because results come out of complex systems and other people.
Last stated 7 years ago
28 Dec 2019
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Black Americans should support Booker T. Washington's thrift and industrial training but firmly oppose his acceptance of injustice — tap to centre the map on it
Black Americans should support Booker T. Washington's thrift and industrial training but firmly oppose his acceptance of injustice
Last stated 124 years ago
1 Feb 1903
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W. E. B. Du Bois — holds since 1903-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Clayton Young is a reliable marathoner due to his patience, savvy, and intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it
Clayton Young is a reliable marathoner due to his patience, savvy, and intelligence.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
13 Oct 2026
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Mario Fraioli — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cruelty is the most extreme of all vices — tap to centre the map on it
Cruelty is the most extreme of all vices
MM
Michel de Montaigne — holds since c. 1571–1592 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now. — tap to centre the map on it
A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now.
Last stated 11 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — 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
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at.
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 CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes
Last stated 14 years ago
15 Jun 2012
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way.
Last stated 7 months ago
2 Apr 2026
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Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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 1903 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