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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 2 Oct 2013 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under CBT CBT Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best If life is only absurd and freedom boundedby limited fate, what counts is the mostliving, not the best AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: To live is to keep the absurd alive, and that means above all contemplating it — tap to centre the map on it To live is to keep the absurd alive,and that means above allcontemplating it AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living — tap to centre the map on it Discussing virtue daily is thegreatest good, and the unexaminedlife is not worth living SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Accepting that life is finite makes it feel more vital, not more bleak. — tap to centre the map on it Accepting that life is finite makesit feel more vital, not more bleak. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Jun 2024 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2024-06-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life is worth living deliberately, facing only its essential facts, so as not to find at death that one has not lived — tap to centre the map on it Life is worth living deliberately,facing only its essential facts, soas not to find at death that one hasnot lived HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since c. 1854 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no one right way to live; different, opposing choices can be equally valid. — tap to centre the map on it There is no one right way to live;different, opposing choices can beequally valid. Last stated 4 weeks ago 6 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over. — tap to centre the map on it When two options are almostperfectly balanced the choice doesnot matter, and those are exactlythe decisions people agonize over. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it. — tap to centre the map on it Whether anyone can actually doanything about how good the futureis, rather than whether it matters,is the strongest objection toprioritising it. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a pitiless war within each species is a condition of progress is unproved and unconfirmed by direct observation — tap to centre the map on it That a pitiless war within eachspecies is a condition of progressis unproved and unconfirmed bydirect observation PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it "Evidence-based therapy" is abranding term rather than ascientific one, and in practice itis a code word for "notpsychodynamic". Last stated 13 years ago 2 Oct 2013 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that emphasizesself-esteem over self-knowledgeleaves people less equipped toresist doing monstrous things. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 GS Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that only trusts what can be put into words will treat unnamed inner experiences as unreal or as a disorder. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that only trusts what canbe put into words will treat unnamedinner experiences as unreal or as adisorder. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it A therapy is only shown to be moreeffective if it is compared againstanother treatment intended to help,not against a control nobodyexpected to work. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Sept 2024 SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it Action comes before motivation: youdo first and feel afterwards, notthe other way round. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now. — tap to centre the map on it Dreading a future experience causesmuch of human suffering by makingthat imagined suffering happen now. Last stated 3 months ago 23 Jun 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best Last stated c. 1942 Holds Albert Camus Read this korrent →