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← Humans, as social mammals, are on a lifelong quest to feel safe.
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Read this korrent: Humans, as social mammals, are on a lifelong quest to feel safe.
Humans, as social mammals, are on a lifelong quest to feel safe.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Stephen Porges — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The need to feel safe is the body speaking through the autonomic nervous system, shaping health, relationships and thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
The need to feel safe is the body speaking through the autonomic nervous system, shaping health, relationships and thinking.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Stephen Porges — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans are pattern-seeking animals, always on the lookout for new information. — tap to centre the map on it
Humans are pattern-seeking animals, always on the lookout for new information.
Last stated 12 years ago
17 Jul 2014
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Christopher Paolini — holds since 2014-07-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people feel safer, and find it easier to fit in and avoid error, when they act within expected social norms. — tap to centre the map on it
Most people feel safer, and find it easier to fit in and avoid error, when they act within expected social norms.
Last stated a week ago
23 Oct 2026
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Seth Godin — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feelings of safety have a measurable physiological basis and can be studied as an objective science. — tap to centre the map on it
Feelings of safety have a measurable physiological basis and can be studied as an objective science.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Stephen Porges — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feeling safe is not the same as being safe: removing threat does not by itself produce the feeling. — tap to centre the map on it
Feeling safe is not the same as being safe: removing threat does not by itself produce the feeling.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Stephen Porges — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The human brain will remain valuable in how people care for and relate to one another. — tap to centre the map on it
The human brain will remain valuable in how people care for and relate to one another.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Aug 2026
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Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Once AI starts to feel powerful rather than mistake-prone, every AI company will become far more paranoid about safety than it is today. — tap to centre the map on it
Once AI starts to feel powerful rather than mistake-prone, every AI company will become far more paranoid about safety than it is today.
Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans are social animals rather than truth-seeking ones, so telling the truth is not what we are built for and always costs energy. — tap to centre the map on it
Humans are social animals rather than truth-seeking ones, so telling the truth is not what we are built for and always costs energy.
Last stated 3 years ago
14 Dec 2023
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Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
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Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
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Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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