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← Kindness comes from honesty the other person can survive, not from vagueness

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 17 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Kindness comes from honesty the other person can survive, not from vagueness Kindness comes from honesty the otherperson can survive, not from vagueness Last stated a week ago 17 Oct 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being kind is different from being nice: kindness means wanting the best for someone, which sometimes means a tough conversation. — tap to centre the map on it Being kind is different from beingnice: kindness means wanting thebest for someone, which sometimesmeans a tough conversation. Last stated 6 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Kindness is what lets people hear feedback; in a hostile workplace people resist it because it does not sound like it is meant to help them grow. — tap to centre the map on it Kindness is what lets people hearfeedback; in a hostile workplacepeople resist it because it does notsound like it is meant to help themgrow. Last stated 6 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Kindness, fairness and being a good friend all stem from empathy. — tap to centre the map on it Kindness, fairness and being a goodfriend all stem from empathy. Last stated 11 years ago 31 Jan 2016 KN Ken Norton — holds since 2016-01-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: We get our dinner from traders by appealing to their self-interest, not to their kindness — tap to centre the map on it We get our dinner from traders byappealing to their self-interest,not to their kindness Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: People think of compassion only as tender acceptance, though acts like protecting a child are compassion too. — tap to centre the map on it People think of compassion only astender acceptance, though acts likeprotecting a child are compassiontoo. Last stated 4 years ago 10 May 2022 KN Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: You shouldn't make people earn your help by being perfectly polite while they're having a bad time. — tap to centre the map on it You shouldn't make people earn yourhelp by being perfectly polite whilethey're having a bad time. Last stated 2 weeks ago 8 Oct 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-10-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: People would be kinder to each other if they shared each other's food. — tap to centre the map on it People would be kinder to each otherif they shared each other's food. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MM Mike Monteiro — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sincerity and self-interest usually go together by default. — tap to centre the map on it Sincerity and self-interest usuallygo together by default. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it Abolitionists who felt the slave'swrongs were blind to the equal legalwrongs of their own mothers, wivesand sisters ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather thanmalice changes the response: empathyand clarity instead ofdefensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Nov 2024 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term. — tap to centre the map on it An alliance with abundance liberalsis likely a more promising politicalstrategy for libertarians than arevival of fusionism in the short tomedium term. Last stated 2 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 IS Ilya Somin — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Kindness comes from honesty the other person can survive, not from vagueness Last stated 17 Oct 2026 · a week ago Holds Kenneth Reitz Read this korrent →