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Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: In the twenty-first century as in ancient times, the human quest for meaning often ends in a succession of sacrifices In the twenty-first century as in ancienttimes, the human quest for meaning oftenends in a succession of sacrifices YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suffering in some way ceases to be suffering once it finds a meaning — tap to centre the map on it Suffering in some way ceases to besuffering once it finds a meaning VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coming near to bliss, immortality and divinity is likely to deflect humankind towards entirely different destinations — tap to centre the map on it Coming near to bliss, immortalityand divinity is likely to deflecthumankind towards entirely differentdestinations YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity will change more in the next decade than it has in the past hundred years. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity will change more in thenext decade than it has in the pasthundred years. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 AW Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: This is the golden age of humanity and the end of its beginning; in a thousand years these decades will be studied the way we study the end of the Roman Republic. — tap to centre the map on it This is the golden age of humanityand the end of its beginning; in athousand years these decades will bestudied the way we study the end ofthe Roman Republic. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nationalism that is not explained, enriched, deepened and quickly turned into social and political consciousness leads to a dead end — tap to centre the map on it Nationalism that is not explained,enriched, deepened and quicklyturned into social and politicalconsciousness leads to a dead end FF Frantz Fanon — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: It's hard to create a somewhat coherent religion with overall better outcomes for more people than the systems that have been refined for thousands of years. — tap to centre the map on it It's hard to create a somewhatcoherent religion with overallbetter outcomes for more people thanthe systems that have been refinedfor thousands of years. Last stated 4 years ago 5 Sept 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — 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: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are
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At the centre In the twenty-first century as in ancient times, the human quest for meaning often ends in a succession of sacrifices Last stated c. 2018–2019 Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →