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8 connected korrents · 5 moments from 8 Feb 1780 to 20 Jul 2026.
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: For law and morality, this normality is more terrifying than the atrocities: the new criminal can hardly know he does wrong For law and morality, this normality is more terrifying than the atrocities: the new criminal can hardly know he does wrong
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Hannah Arendt — holds since c. 1963–1964 — 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 can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. Last stated 5 years ago
2 Feb 2022
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: So many were like the accused: neither perverted nor sadistic, but terribly and terrifyingly normal — tap to centre the map on it So many were like the accused: neither perverted nor sadistic, but terribly and terrifyingly normal
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Hannah Arendt — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being. — tap to centre the map on it Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being. Last stated 9 months ago
14 Jan 2026
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Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-01-14 — 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 people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin
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Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged. — tap to centre the map on it One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged. Last stated 2 months ago
20 Jul 2026
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Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cozying up to an autocratic war criminal annexing his neighbor is more dangerous and morally bankrupt than other bad policy ideas — tap to centre the map on it Cozying up to an autocratic war criminal annexing his neighbor is more dangerous and morally bankrupt than other bad policy ideas Last stated 2 years ago
2 Mar 2025
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Greg Mankiw — holds since 2025-03-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Moral understanding is not improving as science is, and people should stop being wolves to one another — tap to centre the map on it Moral understanding is not improving as science is, and people should stop being wolves to one another Last stated 247 years ago
8 Feb 1780
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Benjamin Franklin — holds since 1780-02-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is a mistake, made even by many who think themselves wise, to believe the world holds more evil than good — tap to centre the map on it It is a mistake, made even by many who think themselves wise, to believe the world holds more evil than good
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Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are