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← Hearing slave songs may convey slavery's horror to some better than volumes of philosophy

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 30 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Hearing slave songs may convey slavery's horror to some better than volumes of philosophy Hearing slave songs may convey slavery'shorror to some better than volumes ofphilosophy FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men — tap to centre the map on it The slave trade hardens the peoplewho deal in it; slave dealers arenot born worse than other men Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Work that is a burden and a slavery cannot produce art, only bare utility or sham — tap to centre the map on it Work that is a burden and a slaverycannot produce art, only bareutility or sham WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: Improving a slave's condition only increased his desire to be free — tap to centre the map on it Improving a slave's condition onlyincreased his desire to be free FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning to read at times felt like a curse, showing misery without a remedy — tap to centre the map on it Learning to read at times felt likea curse, showing misery without aremedy FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy, not from contentment — tap to centre the map on it Slaves sing most when they are mostunhappy, not from contentment FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Songs come out of suffering, and a system that has endured nothing has nothing to make one from. — tap to centre the map on it Songs come out of suffering, and asystem that has endured nothing hasnothing to make one from. Last stated 4 years ago 16 Jan 2023 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2023-01-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Witnessing suffering, rather than solving it, may be the only way we can truly comprehend it. — tap to centre the map on it Witnessing suffering, rather thansolving it, may be the only way wecan truly comprehend it. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: To understand people unlike us, listening to what they say works better than assuming we know what it is like to be them. — tap to centre the map on it To understand people unlike us,listening to what they say worksbetter than assuming we know what itis like to be them. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jan 2024 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC 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 closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM 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 pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city of only the very rich and very poor is one of masters and slaves, without friendship — tap to centre the map on it A city of only the very rich andvery poor is one of masters andslaves, without friendship 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 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a month ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Hearing slave songs may convey slavery's horror to some better than volumes of philosophy Last stated c. 1845 Holds Frederick Douglass Read this korrent →