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← Learning to die is learning to be free; whoever has learned to die has unlearned servitude

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 19 Nov 1863 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Learning to die is learning to be free; whoever has learned to die has unlearned servitude Learning to die is learning to be free;whoever has learned to die has unlearnedservitude MM Michel de Montaigne — holds since c. 1571–1592 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good — tap to centre the map on it Fearing death is a pretence ofwisdom; no one knows whether deathmay be the greatest good SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life is limited but knowledge is not, and using the limited to pursue the limitless is fatal — tap to centre the map on it Life is limited but knowledge isnot, and using the limited to pursuethe limitless is fatal ZH Zhuangzi — holds since c. 350–301 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning without thinking is wasted effort, and thinking without learning is dangerous — tap to centre the map on it Learning without thinking is wastedeffort, and thinking withoutlearning is dangerous CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Giving up total freedom is a small price for deeper meaning — tap to centre the map on it Giving up total freedom is a smallprice for deeper meaning Last stated a year ago 29 Jun 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pre-training is not the process by which humans learn; it sits somewhere between human learning and human evolution. — tap to centre the map on it Pre-training is not the process bywhich humans learn; it sitssomewhere between human learning andhuman evolution. Last stated 8 months ago 13 Feb 2026 DA Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suffering in some way ceases to be suffering once it finds a meaning — tap to centre the map on it Suffering in some way ceases to besuffering once it finds a meaning VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: The living must dedicate themselves to the unfinished work, so that government of the people, by the people, for the people does not perish — tap to centre the map on it The living must dedicate themselvesto the unfinished work, so thatgovernment of the people, by thepeople, for the people does notperish Last stated 163 years ago 19 Nov 1863 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1863-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated a month ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it A competent, empowered civil servicethat performs crucial governmentfunctions with in-house expertise isgood. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield what to do next. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated a month ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated a month ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Learning to die is learning to be free; whoever has learned to die has unlearned servitude Last stated c. 1571–1592 Holds Michel de Montaigne Read this korrent →