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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 20 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under demographics demographics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is the core of our humanity and the beginning of morality. Imagining what it is like to be someoneother than yourself is the core of ourhumanity and the beginning of morality. Last stated 25 years ago 15 Sept 2001 IM Ian McEwan — holds since 2001-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being human is at bottom being responsible, which is more than being free — tap to centre the map on it Being human is at bottom beingresponsible, which is more thanbeing free VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1950–1997 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dehumanizing others dehumanizes the oppressor too; we can be human only in fellowship — tap to centre the map on it Dehumanizing others dehumanizes theoppressor too; we can be human onlyin fellowship Last stated 42 years ago 11 Dec 1984 DT Desmond Tutu — holds since 1984-12-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being. — tap to centre the map on it Justifying cruelty toward anotherperson requires first reducing themto an abstraction rather than a fullhuman being. Last stated 10 months ago 14 Jan 2026 BT Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-01-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human society rests not on love or sympathy but on an awareness, even if only instinctive, of human solidarity — tap to centre the map on it Human society rests not on love orsympathy but on an awareness, evenif only instinctive, of humansolidarity PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Self-compassion has six elements: self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness, with less self-judgment, isolation and overidentification. — tap to centre the map on it Self-compassion has six elements:self-kindness, common humanity andmindfulness, with lessself-judgment, isolation andoveridentification. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Aug 2022 KN Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Character, what you really are, matters much more than reputation, what you are perceived to be — tap to centre the map on it Character, what you really are,matters much more than reputation,what you are perceived to be JW John Wooden — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creating life with another human you love is the peak experience of being on the planet. — tap to centre the map on it Creating life with another human youlove is the peak experience of beingon the planet. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more a person forgets themselves in a cause or in love for someone, the more human they are — tap to centre the map on it The more a person forgets themselvesin a cause or in love for someone,the more human they are VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is the core of our humanity and the beginning of morality. Last stated 15 Sept 2001 · 25 years ago Holds Ian McEwan Read this korrent →