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← Freedom is rare and delicate, and its great threat is the concentration of power

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 19 Jan 2025 to 1 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Freedom is rare and delicate, and its great threat is the concentration of power Freedom is rare and delicate, and itsgreat threat is the concentration of power MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: The fundamental threat to freedom is the power to coerce, whether held by a monarch, dictator, oligarchy or momentary majority — tap to centre the map on it The fundamental threat to freedom isthe power to coerce, whether held bya monarch, dictator, oligarchy ormomentary majority MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom is in danger of degenerating into arbitrariness unless it is lived responsibly — tap to centre the map on it Freedom is in danger of degeneratinginto arbitrariness unless it islived responsibly VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity, the more freedoms must be given up — tap to centre the map on it The more population exceeds theenvironment's carrying capacity, themore freedoms must be given up GH Garrett Hardin — holds since c. 1998 — tap for who they are Same subject: Concentrated power has been bad at every moment of human history, and a society is best off when power is spread as widely as possible. — tap to centre the map on it Concentrated power has been bad atevery moment of human history, and asociety is best off when power isspread as widely as possible. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The biggest enemies of freedom are fear and greed; make peace with the worst that can happen and there is nothing left to be afraid of. — tap to centre the map on it The biggest enemies of freedom arefear and greed; make peace with theworst that can happen and there isnothing left to be afraid of. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society as wealthy as ours has no reason not to guarantee basic security to all without endangering freedom — tap to centre the map on it A society as wealthy as ours has noreason not to guarantee basicsecurity to all without endangeringfreedom FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: What is in our power is by nature free; what is not is weak, slavish and in others' power — tap to centre the map on it What is in our power is by naturefree; what is not is weak, slavishand in others' power EP Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom is acquired by conquest, not received as a gift, and must be pursued constantly and responsibly — tap to centre the map on it Freedom is acquired by conquest, notreceived as a gift, and must bepursued constantly and responsibly PF Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it A company that grows enougheventually has no need forinvestors. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should hire a product manager only against a specific need, never by default. — tap to centre the map on it A company should hire a productmanager only against a specificneed, never by default. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it A company that looks to its users asthough it has stopped shipping isusually widening its market, andgrinding through that is worth it. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Freedom is rare and delicate, and its great threat is the concentration of power Last stated c. 1962 Holds Milton Friedman Read this korrent →