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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 3 Sept 1888 to 31 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Life would not be worth living if it were not full of surprises Life would not be worth living if it werenot full of surprises RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life is not logical but consequential. — tap to centre the map on it Life is not logical butconsequential. Last stated 4 months ago 12 Jul 2026 LF Luciano Floridi — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life is worth living deliberately, facing only its essential facts, so as not to find at death that one has not lived — tap to centre the map on it Life is worth living deliberately,facing only its essential facts, soas not to find at death that one hasnot lived HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since c. 1854 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life is difficult — tap to centre the map on it Life is difficult MP M. Scott Peck — holds since c. 1978 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without music, life would be a mistake — tap to centre the map on it Without music, life would be amistake Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: To have fun in life, one should stop avoiding risk and uncertainty. — tap to centre the map on it To have fun in life, one should stopavoiding risk and uncertainty. Last stated 2 days ago 31 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: One should accept and find serenity in the uncertainty of the future — tap to centre the map on it One should accept and find serenityin the uncertainty of the future Last stated 2 years ago 28 Mar 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Accepting that life is finite makes it feel more vital, not more bleak. — tap to centre the map on it Accepting that life is finite makesit feel more vital, not more bleak. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Jun 2024 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2024-06-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better. — tap to centre the map on it Living for as long as possible isworth wanting: if you enjoy lifenow, more of it is simply better. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — 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 Same subject: A city of only the very rich and very poor is one of masters and slaves, without friendship — tap to centre the map on it A city of only the very rich andvery poor is one of masters andslaves, without friendship AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a month ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Life would not be worth living if it were not full of surprises Last stated c. 1844 Holds Ralph Waldo Emerson Read this korrent →