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← Humans control the planet because they alone can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers

16 connected korrents · 9 moments from 24 Jul 2015 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Humans control the planet because they alone can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers Humans control the planet because theyalone can cooperate both flexibly and invery large numbers Last stated 11 years ago 24 Jul 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-07-24 — 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: Humans can cooperate with countless strangers because they alone can create and believe fictional stories — tap to centre the map on it Humans can cooperate with countlessstrangers because they alone cancreate and believe fictional stories Last stated 11 years ago 24 Jul 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us — tap to centre the map on it Only because control of productionis divided among many independentpeople does nobody have completepower over us FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are amazing in part because their minds are such a complicated mess. — tap to centre the map on it Humans are amazing in part becausetheir minds are such a complicatedmess. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human control over AI is a capability constraint rather than a free safety property, and the two trade off against each other. — tap to centre the map on it Human control over AI is acapability constraint rather than afree safety property, and the twotrade off against each other. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity's power over nature has grown so great that people could now easily exterminate one another — tap to centre the map on it Humanity's power over nature hasgrown so great that people could noweasily exterminate one another SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: People don't really control most outcomes, so the sensible response to events is to look for the good in them. — tap to centre the map on it People don't really control mostoutcomes, so the sensible responseto events is to look for the good inthem. Last stated 4 years ago 21 Sept 2022 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2022-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Denying people the right to leave a country effectively makes them slaves of the state. — tap to centre the map on it Denying people the right to leave acountry effectively makes themslaves of the state. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-28 — 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 calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH 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 becreated because of AI. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG 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 ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Humans control the planet because they alone can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers Last stated 24 Jul 2015 · 11 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →