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← It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 8 Feb 1780 to 12 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under self-driving cars self-driving cars Everything filed under electric vehicles electric vehicles Everything filed under mental models mental models Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under optimism optimism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts It is better to guide people like rationalcreatures than to drive them like beasts DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Moral understanding is not improving as science is, and people should stop being wolves to one another — tap to centre the map on it Moral understanding is not improvingas science is, and people shouldstop being wolves to one another Last stated 247 years ago 8 Feb 1780 BF Benjamin Franklin — holds since 1780-02-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The choice presented to the public, between human drivers who kill people and immature robotaxis, is a false dilemma that leaves out everything else that improves road safety. — tap to centre the map on it The choice presented to the public,between human drivers who killpeople and immature robotaxis, is afalse dilemma that leaves outeverything else that improves roadsafety. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Jul 2023 PK Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mental models can help explain and navigate the world without being good in themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Mental models can help explain andnavigate the world without beinggood in themselves. Last stated 10 years ago by 6 Jul 2016 GW Gabriel Weinberg — holds since 2016-07-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking, judgement and knowledgeare worth pursuing for the joy inthem, not in order to defend humanuniqueness. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: People will be more tolerant of machines making utilitarian decisions than of humans doing so. — tap to centre the map on it People will be more tolerant ofmachines making utilitariandecisions than of humans doing so. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Nov 2018 DE David Edmonds — holds since 2018-11-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people who run the world are not smarter than anyone else, and even well-meaning ones often only offer paths not worth pursuing. — tap to centre the map on it The people who run the world are notsmarter than anyone else, and evenwell-meaning ones often only offerpaths not worth pursuing. Last stated 6 months ago 22 Apr 2026 SW swyx — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democracy is based not on human rationality but on human feelings, so whoever can manipulate feelings threatens it — tap to centre the map on it Democracy is based not on humanrationality but on human feelings,so whoever can manipulate feelingsthreatens it Last stated 8 years ago 8 Jun 2018 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2018-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a mistake, made even by many who think themselves wise, to believe the world holds more evil than good — tap to centre the map on it It is a mistake, made even by manywho think themselves wise, tobelieve the world holds more evilthan good MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data. — tap to centre the map on it A five-year-old's vision is alreadygood enough to drive a car, on atiny and strikingly undiverse amountof data. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service. — tap to centre the map on it A good robotaxi demonstration in onecity does not mean the company isready to scale the service. Last stated a year ago 8 Jul 2025 TL Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2025-07-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled. — tap to centre the map on it A huge fleet collecting driving datais not a silver bullet forself-driving, because the dataarrives unlabelled. Last stated 2 years ago 21 May 2024 TL Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2024-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake. — tap to centre the map on it A hybrid is a poor machine becauseit carries two complete powertrains,and most e-bikes repeat the samemistake. Last stated 5 years ago by 9 Nov 2021 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2021-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel. — tap to centre the map on it An acre of solar panels poweringelectric cars carries you orders ofmagnitude further than an acre ofcrops grown for fuel. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Any attempt by Donald Trump to obstruct the electric vehicle transition is bound to fail due to the physics of efficiency. — tap to centre the map on it Any attempt by Donald Trump toobstruct the electric vehicletransition is bound to fail due tothe physics of efficiency. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 GW Gernot Wagner — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts Last stated c. 1741–1776 Holds David Hume Read this korrent →