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← Learned counsellors act on safer principles than those who have only experience

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 17 Oct 2007 to 9 Jun 2026.

Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under education education Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Learned counsellors act on safer principles than those who have only experience Learned counsellors act on saferprinciples than those who have onlyexperience FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1605 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep company with people who will improve you, and with those you can improve; both sides learn — tap to centre the map on it Keep company with people who willimprove you, and with those you canimprove; both sides learn SE Seneca — holds since c. 62–65 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts — tap to centre the map on it It is better to guide people likerational creatures than to drivethem like beasts DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good people are thought to grow better through their friendship, each taking the mould of the qualities they admire in the other — tap to centre the map on it Good people are thought to growbetter through their friendship,each taking the mould of thequalities they admire in the other AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A people is more prudent, more stable and of better judgment than a prince — tap to centre the map on it A people is more prudent, morestable and of better judgment than aprince NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are wiser than we know if we let our thought act without interference — tap to centre the map on it We are wiser than we know if we letour thought act without interference RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1841–1847 — tap for who they are Same subject: Children should be told as little as possible and led to discover as much as possible — tap to centre the map on it Children should be told as little aspossible and led to discover as muchas possible HS Herbert Spencer — holds since c. 1854–1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking well of mankind is more favourable to virtue than a low opinion of our nature — tap to centre the map on it Thinking well of mankind is morefavourable to virtue than a lowopinion of our nature DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clueless person gains nothing by learning from others, because others are just as clueless. — tap to centre the map on it A clueless person gains nothing bylearning from others, because othersare just as clueless. Last stated 2 years ago 4 Dec 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-12-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory that is afraid of investigation does not deserve a place in the mind — tap to centre the map on it A theory that is afraid ofinvestigation does not deserve aplace in the mind RI Robert G. Ingersoll — holds since c. 1876–1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run a product and a project operating model at the same time. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run a product and aproject operating model at the sametime. Last stated a year ago 27 Oct 2025 PW Petra Wille — holds since 2025-10-27 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Learned counsellors act on safer principles than those who have only experience Last stated c. 1605 Holds Francis Bacon Read this korrent →