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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 15 Jun 2012 to 27 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under mental models mental models Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: If you can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to If you can prevent something bad withoutsacrificing anything nearly as important,it is wrong not to PS Peter Singer — holds since c. 2009 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowing that something is harmful does not settle whether forbidding it is wise policy. — tap to centre the map on it Knowing that something is harmfuldoes not settle whether forbiddingit is wise policy. Last stated 5 years ago 3 Sept 2021 DR David G. Robinson — holds since 2021-09-03 — 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: Treating a wrongdoer as mistaken rather than evil is compatible with stopping them from doing further harm. — tap to centre the map on it Treating a wrongdoer as mistakenrather than evil is compatible withstopping them from doing furtherharm. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Oct 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: One should never think about something else when one should be thinking about the power of incentives — tap to centre the map on it One should never think aboutsomething else when one should bethinking about the power ofincentives CM Charlie Munger — holds since c. 2005 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it Working on how good the long-runfuture is does not require acceptingconsequentialism or believing thatyou should always maximise the good. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bad man cannot injure a man better than himself — tap to centre the map on it A bad man cannot injure a man betterthan himself SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Self-restraint, though essential to every society, can ruin it when carried to excess — tap to centre the map on it Self-restraint, though essential toevery society, can ruin it whencarried to excess TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: A difficult problem is better thought through both forwards and backward than in one direction only. — tap to centre the map on it A difficult problem is betterthought through both forwards andbackward than in one direction only. Last stated 13 years ago 28 Oct 2013 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2013-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few dozen mental models are enough to get a firm grasp of how the world works. — tap to centre the map on it A few dozen mental models are enoughto get a firm grasp of how the worldworks. Last stated 9 years ago by 12 Aug 2017 JC James Clear — holds since 2017-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A map is not the territory it represents, but if it is correct it shares the territory's structure, which is what makes it useful. — tap to centre the map on it A map is not the territory itrepresents, but if it is correct itshares the territory's structure,which is what makes it useful. AK Alfred Korzybski — holds since c. 1933 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation aredifferent things, and a theorem canstay an unsolved expository problemlong after it is proved. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — 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: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre If you can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to Last stated c. 2009 Holds Peter Singer Read this korrent →