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← Individuals are inviolable
17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 1 Feb 1996 to 27 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Individuals are inviolable
Individuals are inviolable
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Robert Nozick — holds since c. 1974 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Each person has an inviolability that even society's overall welfare cannot override — tap to centre the map on it
Each person has an inviolability that even society's overall welfare cannot override
JR
John Rawls — holds since c. 1971 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans are not individuals but dividuals — tap to centre the map on it
Humans are not individuals but dividuals
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Each person is an individual, and themselves — tap to centre the map on it
Each person is an individual, and themselves
JR
Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1967–1975 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws — tap to centre the map on it
People have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws
MJ
Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Group action gives human society its particular character — tap to centre the map on it
Group action gives human society its particular character
CS
Clay Shirky — holds since c. 2008 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Individuals are inherently good, noble and honorable, with a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. — tap to centre the map on it
Individuals are inherently good, noble and honorable, with a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups.
Last stated 31 years ago
1 Feb 1996
SJ
Steve Jobs — holds since 1996-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An ungrateful person harms himself, not the giver — tap to centre the map on it
An ungrateful person harms himself, not the giver
SE
Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting someone from the team can be an act of mercy — tap to centre the map on it
Cutting someone from the team can be an act of mercy
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Apr 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-04-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
RB
Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
OB
Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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