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8 connected korrents · 5 moments on record from 27 Aug 2010 to 26 Aug 2026.
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Read this korrent: Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better.
Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better.
Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Doing less and doing it better is worth pursuing as an end in itself, because a life with both freedom and focus is a life well lived. — tap to centre the map on it
Doing less and doing it better is worth pursuing as an end in itself, because a life with both freedom and focus is a life well lived.
Last stated 16 years ago
27 Aug 2010
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Cal Newport — holds since 2010-08-27 — 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 grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out.
Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human lifespan of about 90 to 100 years is right, and living forever is not something to want. — tap to centre the map on it
A human lifespan of about 90 to 100 years is right, and living forever is not something to want.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it. — tap to centre the map on it
Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Health optimisation has overshot: minimising a measured risk is not worth it if the cost is not having lived. — tap to centre the map on it
Health optimisation has overshot: minimising a measured risk is not worth it if the cost is not having lived.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it
Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: He is an optimist about humanity's future because he would almost always rather have been born now than at any earlier time. — tap to centre the map on it
He is an optimist about humanity's future because he would almost always rather have been born now than at any earlier time.
Last stated a year ago
5 Jun 2025
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Sundar Pichai — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Treating school as a trial to be survived leaves a person unable to say what the postponed life was ever supposed to be. — tap to centre the map on it
Treating school as a trial to be survived leaves a person unable to say what the postponed life was ever supposed to be.
Last stated 16 years ago
27 Aug 2010
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Cal Newport — holds since 2010-08-27 — tap for who they are
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