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← Human nature is malleable and shaped by societal beliefs and values.

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 12 Jan 2023 to 25 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Human nature is malleable and shaped by societal beliefs and values. Human nature is malleable and shaped bysocietal beliefs and values. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 RS Rebecca Solnit — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human nature is too varied to accept constraint on its creativity — tap to centre the map on it Human nature is too varied to acceptconstraint on its creativity Last stated 3 years ago 7 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human values are shaped mainly by culture rather than encoded in DNA, so they can change quickly. — tap to centre the map on it Human values are shaped mainly byculture rather than encoded in DNA,so they can change quickly. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Sept 2026 RH Robin Hanson — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: If humans rule the world because they alone cooperate flexibly in large numbers, that undermines belief in human sacredness — tap to centre the map on it If humans rule the world becausethey alone cooperate flexibly inlarge numbers, that underminesbelief in human sacredness YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every human is heir to all of human creation, and narrowing identity to one nation turns your back on your humanity — tap to centre the map on it Every human is heir to all of humancreation, and narrowing identity toone nation turns your back on yourhumanity Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jan 2023 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-01-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are not individuals but dividuals — tap to centre the map on it Humans are not individuals butdividuals YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sociability is so inherent in human nature that no period of history shows people living as isolated families fighting for subsistence — tap to centre the map on it Sociability is so inherent in humannature that no period of historyshows people living as isolatedfamilies fighting for subsistence PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cultural evolution, not biology, is the source of whatever makes humans distinctively special. — tap to centre the map on it Cultural evolution, not biology, isthe source of whatever makes humansdistinctively special. Last stated a month ago 25 Sept 2026 RH Robin Hanson — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity is a duty to offer one's hand, bread, prayer and love with no distinction of faith, party or nationality. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity is a duty to offer one'shand, bread, prayer and love with nodistinction of faith, party ornationality. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PS Patti Smith — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that is uncompromising butalso kind and supportive is the mostfertile ground for creativity. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — 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
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At the centre Human nature is malleable and shaped by societal beliefs and values. Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Rebecca Solnit Read this korrent →