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← Knowing that poverty and child mortality have actually fallen is what makes people think the future can improve.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 20 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under family family Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Rests onSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Knowing that poverty and child mortality have actually fallen is what makes people think the future can improve. Knowing that poverty and child mortalityhave actually fallen is what makes peoplethink the future can improve. Last stated 9 months ago 13 Jan 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are Rests on: Blanket fatalism about the world is unhelpful to anyone who wants to improve it. — tap to centre the map on it Blanket fatalism about the world isunhelpful to anyone who wants toimprove it. Last stated 9 months ago 13 Jan 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-01-13 — 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: Falling birth rates make a society less able to be hopeful, because nihilism creeps in when people have no stake in the future. — tap to centre the map on it Falling birth rates make a societyless able to be hopeful, becausenihilism creeps in when people haveno stake in the future. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Roughly half of the possible outcomes of advanced AI development would be good or great for society. — tap to centre the map on it Roughly half of the possibleoutcomes of advanced AI developmentwould be good or great for society. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The good old days are mostly an illusion: by almost every measure that can be counted, life today is better for almost everyone than it was fifty or a hundred years ago. — tap to centre the map on it The good old days are mostly anillusion: by almost every measurethat can be counted, life today isbetter for almost everyone than itwas fifty or a hundred years ago. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Development economists can contribute far less to a poor country’s growth policy in real time than either they or their critics assume. — tap to centre the map on it Development economists cancontribute far less to a poorcountry’s growth policy in real timethan either they or their criticsassume. Last stated 6 months ago 6 May 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-05-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without the yield improvements of the last half-century the world would have cleared more than twice as much cropland. — tap to centre the map on it Without the yield improvements ofthe last half-century the worldwould have cleared more than twiceas much cropland. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — 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 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 company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it A company that looks to its users asthough it has stopped shipping isusually widening its market, andgrinding through that is worth it. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Knowing that poverty and child mortality have actually fallen is what makes people think the future can improve. Last stated 13 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago Holds Hannah Ritchie Read this korrent →