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Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: God's commandments show what to do but give no power to do it God's commandments show what to do butgive no power to do it ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: Each of the 613 commandments serves a purpose: teaching truth, removing error, ordering society, reducing evil or training character — tap to centre the map on it Each of the 613 commandments servesa purpose: teaching truth, removingerror, ordering society, reducingevil or training character MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rites that are good only because commanded are mere shadows, not the fruit of a sound mind — tap to centre the map on it Rites that are good only becausecommanded are mere shadows, not thefruit of a sound mind BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: The teaching of the awakened is to avoid sin, do good and purify one's mind — tap to centre the map on it The teaching of the awakened is toavoid sin, do good and purify one'smind GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Bible, through the Ten Commandments, endorses slavery and has no mechanism to correct its text — tap to centre the map on it The Bible, through the TenCommandments, endorses slavery andhas no mechanism to correct its text Last stated 11 months ago 11 Dec 2025 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2025-12-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to — tap to centre the map on it If you can prevent something badwithout sacrificing anything nearlyas important, it is wrong not to PS Peter Singer — holds since c. 2009 — tap for who they are Same subject: How the world is does not matter to what is higher; God does not reveal himself in the world — tap to centre the map on it How the world is does not matter towhat is higher; God does not revealhimself in the world LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — 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 justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months 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 isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — 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 aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe 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 ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months 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 ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre God's commandments show what to do but give no power to do it Last stated c. 1520 Holds Martin Luther Read this korrent →