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← Human actions are meant to be guided by justice, not by calculations of expediency

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 1 Dec 1787 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Human actions are meant to be guided by justice, not by calculations of expediency Human actions are meant to be guided byjustice, not by calculations of expediency JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: Doing justice to a microbe needs detachment from being human, but doing justice to people does not — tap to centre the map on it Doing justice to a microbe needsdetachment from being human, butdoing justice to people does not GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1905 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one is responsible for their acts or their nature, so to judge is to be unjust — tap to centre the map on it No one is responsible for their actsor their nature, so to judge is tobe unjust FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules — tap to centre the map on it The virtues needed to lead a goodlife cannot be formulated as rules MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nothing is expedient unless it is morally right; a thing is expedient because it is right, not the reverse — tap to centre the map on it Nothing is expedient unless it ismorally right; a thing is expedientbecause it is right, not the reverse CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Justice for the poor should not be left to the choice of individual givers — tap to centre the map on it Justice for the poor should not beleft to the choice of individualgivers TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking, judgement and knowledgeare worth pursuing for the joy inthem, not in order to defend humanuniqueness. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A righteous reform cannot be achieved by expediency; in morals there is no sliding uphill — tap to centre the map on it A righteous reform cannot beachieved by expediency; in moralsthere is no sliding uphill Last stated 172 years ago 4 Jul 1854 HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since 1854-07-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Government exists because people's passions will not follow reason and justice without constraint — tap to centre the map on it Government exists because people'spassions will not follow reason andjustice without constraint Last stated 239 years ago 1 Dec 1787 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1787-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Human actions are meant to be guided by justice, not by calculations of expediency Last stated c. 1860–1862 Holds John Ruskin Read this korrent →