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Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under family family Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Good people are thought to grow better through their friendship, each taking the mould of the qualities they admire in the other Good people are thought to grow betterthrough their friendship, each taking themould of the qualities they admire in theother AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: As water takes on the nature of the soil it flows through, a person's wisdom takes on the company they keep — tap to centre the map on it As water takes on the nature of thesoil it flows through, a person'swisdom takes on the company theykeep TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Deep relationships through marriage, family and real friendship are at the heart of happiness: happiness is love. — tap to centre the map on it Deep relationships through marriage,family and real friendship are atthe heart of happiness: happiness islove. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Apr 2024 AB Arthur C. Brooks — holds since 2024-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Friendship with the upright, the sincere and the well-informed helps you; friendship with the showy, the smooth and the glib harms you — tap to centre the map on it Friendship with the upright, thesincere and the well-informed helpsyou; friendship with the showy, thesmooth and the glib harms you CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Friendships require ongoing effort and can fade into mere acquaintance without it. — tap to centre the map on it Friendships require ongoing effortand can fade into mere acquaintancewithout it. Last stated 2 months ago 16 Aug 2026 SJ Stefan Judis — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep company with an impure companion and you become impure too, even if you started out pure — tap to centre the map on it Keep company with an impurecompanion and you become impure too,even if you started out pure EP Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep company with people who will improve you, and with those you can improve; both sides learn — tap to centre the map on it Keep company with people who willimprove you, and with those you canimprove; both sides learn SE Seneca — holds since c. 62–65 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Marriage survives in South Asia because families arrange it and divorce is taboo, not because men and women mix more freely there. — tap to centre the map on it Marriage survives in South Asiabecause families arrange it anddivorce is taboo, not because menand women mix more freely there. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Feb 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good will seems to be the indispensable condition of even deserving happiness — tap to centre the map on it A good will seems to be theindispensable condition of evendeserving happiness IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — 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 cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary 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-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. 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 itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad 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
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At the centre Good people are thought to grow better through their friendship, each taking the mould of the qualities they admire in the other Last stated c. 367–322 BCE Holds Aristotle Read this korrent →