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Read this korrent: In the kingdom of ends, what can be replaced by an equivalent has value; what is above all value and admits no equivalent has dignity
In the kingdom of ends, what can be replaced by an equivalent has value; what is above all value and admits no equivalent has dignity
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Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Means and ends are as inseparably connected as a seed and the tree it grows into — tap to centre the map on it
Means and ends are as inseparably connected as a seed and the tree it grows into
Last stated 117 years ago
22 Nov 1909
MG
Mahatma Gandhi — holds since 1909-11-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The value of anything is the present value of the cash you can take out of it over its life. — tap to centre the map on it
The value of anything is the present value of the cash you can take out of it over its life.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Feb 2024
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Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stated company value that nobody would take the other side of is a platitude, not a choice. — tap to centre the map on it
A stated company value that nobody would take the other side of is a platitude, not a choice.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — 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 is morally right; a thing is expedient because it is right, not the reverse
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Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A righteous reform cannot be achieved by expediency; in morals there is no sliding uphill — tap to centre the map on it
A righteous reform cannot be achieved by expediency; in morals there is no sliding uphill
Last stated 172 years ago
4 Jul 1854
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Henry David Thoreau — holds since 1854-07-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Evil and purity are one's own doing; no one can purify another — tap to centre the map on it
Evil and purity are one's own doing; no one can purify another
GB
Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it
"Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
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Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it
A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is.
Last stated 15 years ago
28 Oct 2011
PM
Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it
A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills.
Last stated a year ago
28 May 2025
CF
Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company priced in the trillions is not thereby overpriced; the test is what revenues and margins that price actually requires. — tap to centre the map on it
A company priced in the trillions is not thereby overpriced; the test is what revenues and margins that price actually requires.
Last stated 10 months ago
3 Dec 2025
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Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A high, stable dividend yield gives a stock's valuation a downside floor that growth stocks without dividends lack. — tap to centre the map on it
A high, stable dividend yield gives a stock's valuation a downside floor that growth stocks without dividends lack.
Last stated 7 months ago
3 Mar 2026
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Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A margin of safety means paying a discount deep enough that being wrong about what a company is worth still leaves you whole. — tap to centre the map on it
A margin of safety means paying a discount deep enough that being wrong about what a company is worth still leaves you whole.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Feb 2024
BA
Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Last stated 2 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Last stated 6 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
WL
Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
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