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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 14 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about education.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under government government Everything filed under China China Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Legal education makes Americans resist bad principles before any actual grievance Legal education makes Americans resist badprinciples before any actual grievance Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The federal government should not be subsidizing higher-education scams — tap to centre the map on it The federal government should not besubsidizing higher-education scams Last stated 4 weeks ago 5 Oct 2026 MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: The main function of education is signalling rather than building skill, so subsidising it mostly inflates credentials. — tap to centre the map on it The main function of education issignalling rather than buildingskill, so subsidising it mostlyinflates credentials. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Feb 2025 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without the spirit of local institutions a nation cannot have the spirit of liberty — tap to centre the map on it Without the spirit of localinstitutions a nation cannot havethe spirit of liberty AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: An elite education gives the chance to be rich but takes away the valuable chance not to be — tap to centre the map on it An elite education gives the chanceto be rich but takes away thevaluable chance not to be Last stated 18 years ago 1 Jun 2008 WD William Deresiewicz — holds since 2008-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Black Americans must prove they are men, above all by spreading education and religion among the young — tap to centre the map on it Black Americans must prove they aremen, above all by spreadingeducation and religion among theyoung DW David Walker — holds since c. 1829–1830 — tap for who they are Same subject: Black Americans need schooling more than ever, both practical training and higher culture — tap to centre the map on it Black Americans need schooling morethan ever, both practical trainingand higher culture Last stated 124 years ago 1 Feb 1903 WB W. E. B. Du Bois — holds since 1903-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Charity from the rich cannot take on the nation’s responsibilities to the sick, the poor, the young and its infrastructure — tap to centre the map on it Charity from the rich cannot take onthe nation’s responsibilities to thesick, the poor, the young and itsinfrastructure Last stated 15 years ago 30 Apr 2012 SK Stephen King — holds since 2012-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: High schools and colleges did not meet free Black Americans’ most pressing needs then — tap to centre the map on it High schools and colleges did notmeet free Black Americans’ mostpressing needs then FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1881 — tap for who they are Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress. — tap to centre the map on it A country's scientific trajectorycan keep advancing even if politicalinstability or economic uncertaintyslows its broader progress. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A corrupt, partisan majority on the Supreme Court has given Trump a huge amount of untrammeled power. — tap to centre the map on it A corrupt, partisan majority on theSupreme Court has given Trump a hugeamount of untrammeled power. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 7 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Legal education makes Americans resist bad principles before any actual grievance Last stated 22 Mar 1775 · 252 years ago Holds Edmund Burke Read this korrent →