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← It is cynical to ask God to solve a problem we are not willing to solve ourselves.

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 28 Nov 1770 to 30 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is cynical to ask God to solve a problem we are not willing to solve ourselves. It is cynical to ask God to solve aproblem we are not willing to solveourselves. Last stated 8 months ago 1 Mar 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Doubt is not pleasant, but certainty is absurd, since we know nothing of first principles — tap to centre the map on it Doubt is not pleasant, but certaintyis absurd, since we know nothing offirst principles Last stated 256 years ago 28 Nov 1770 VO Voltaire — holds since 1770-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The problems of contemporary society are fundamentally religious in nature. — tap to centre the map on it The problems of contemporary societyare fundamentally religious innature. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling the man who claimed divinity merely a great human teacher is patronising nonsense; he left no such option — tap to centre the map on it Calling the man who claimed divinitymerely a great human teacher ispatronising nonsense; he left nosuch option CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: The idea of God is only of use if it makes us larger, freer and more loving; otherwise discard it — tap to centre the map on it The idea of God is only of use if itmakes us larger, freer and moreloving; otherwise discard it JB James Baldwin — holds since c. 1962–1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: When there is an orthodox way to solve a problem, that solution deserves suspicion. — tap to centre the map on it When there is an orthodox way tosolve a problem, that solutiondeserves suspicion. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: In building AGI we seem to be building a God, and should ask now whether it can be a good one. — tap to centre the map on it In building AGI we seem to bebuilding a God, and should ask nowwhether it can be a good one. Last stated 12 years ago 16 Jan 2015 SH Sam Harris — holds since 2015-01-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without a broad religious operating system, modern fixes for the human need for struggle are often worse — tap to centre the map on it Without a broad religious operatingsystem, modern fixes for the humanneed for struggle are often worse Last stated 4 years ago 22 Sept 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: You have to keep enough understanding of how a system works to fix it yourself, because the alternative is hoping and praying the agent can figure it out. — tap to centre the map on it You have to keep enoughunderstanding of how a system worksto fix it yourself, because thealternative is hoping and prayingthe agent can figure it out. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 AO Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city of only the very rich and very poor is one of masters and slaves, without friendship — tap to centre the map on it A city of only the very rich andvery poor is one of masters andslaves, without friendship AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a month ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is cynical to ask God to solve a problem we are not willing to solve ourselves. Last stated 1 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago Holds James Talarico Read this korrent →