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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 18 Dec 1790 to 20 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under education education Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Let children suffer the natural consequences of their actions rather than over-controlling them Let children suffer the naturalconsequences of their actions rather thanover-controlling them HS Herbert Spencer — holds since c. 1854–1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discipline in self-control can go too far, repressing the soul and distorting pliant natures — tap to centre the map on it Discipline in self-control can gotoo far, repressing the soul anddistorting pliant natures Last stated 121 years ago 22 May 1905 NI Nitobe Inazō — holds since 1905-05-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Overabundance paralyses motivation and willpower, which is why his wealth will be split among more than a hundred heirs and only reach them as adults. — tap to centre the map on it Overabundance paralyses motivationand willpower, which is why hiswealth will be split among more thana hundred heirs and only reach themas adults. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels. — tap to centre the map on it Attitude, not the surroundingcircumstances, determines how hardparenting feels. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 NE Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Kids have their own lives and parents should not try to apply their rules to them. — tap to centre the map on it Kids have their own lives andparents should not try to applytheir rules to them. Last stated a year ago 14 May 2025 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2025-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Property should circulate, divided more equally among a family's children, rather than entrenched by inheritance of the eldest son — tap to centre the map on it Property should circulate, dividedmore equally among a family'schildren, rather than entrenched byinheritance of the eldest son Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Overprotection harms childhood independence — tap to centre the map on it Overprotection harms childhoodindependence Last stated 3 years ago 31 Mar 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Self-restraint, though essential to every society, can ruin it when carried to excess — tap to centre the map on it Self-restraint, though essential toevery society, can ruin it whencarried to excess TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — 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 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 drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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 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: 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
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At the centre Let children suffer the natural consequences of their actions rather than over-controlling them Last stated c. 1854–1861 Holds Herbert Spencer Read this korrent →