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← Love, desire and relationships are not commodities that can be replaced when they disappoint.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 8 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under Addiction Addiction Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under health and fitness health and fitness Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Love, desire and relationships are not commodities that can be replaced when they disappoint. Love, desire and relationships are notcommodities that can be replaced when theydisappoint. Last stated 9 years ago 21 Sept 2017 EP Esther Perel — holds since 2017-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it. — tap to centre the map on it An addiction is not ended by findingsomething better to put in itsplace; you do not stop a problem byreplacing it. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Mar 2025 TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Relationships are healed through vulnerability, not optimised by strategy. — tap to centre the map on it Relationships are healed throughvulnerability, not optimised bystrategy. Last stated 4 months ago 31 May 2026 AW Annie Wright — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human desires have always grown faster than the ability to fulfill them. — tap to centre the map on it Human desires have always grownfaster than the ability to fulfillthem. Last stated a month ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Love makes it possible to bridge the fundamental gap between two people; alienation is refusing to try. — tap to centre the map on it Love makes it possible to bridge thefundamental gap between two people;alienation is refusing to try. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every act of desire involves giving something up, though it rarely feels like sacrifice when you're happy with what you chose. — tap to centre the map on it Every act of desire involves givingsomething up, though it rarely feelslike sacrifice when you're happywith what you chose. Last stated 5 months ago 18 May 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-05-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The expectations we now bring to a partner are contradictory or incompatible, which is a setup for failure. — tap to centre the map on it The expectations we now bring to apartner are contradictory orincompatible, which is a setup forfailure. Last stated 9 years ago 21 Sept 2017 EP Esther Perel — holds since 2017-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our built-in emotions were tuned for a world that no longer exists, and hunger is one that now fails to guide us correctly. — tap to centre the map on it Our built-in emotions were tuned fora world that no longer exists, andhunger is one that now fails toguide us correctly. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: We get our dinner from traders by appealing to their self-interest, not to their kindness — tap to centre the map on it We get our dinner from traders byappealing to their self-interest,not to their kindness Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. — tap to centre the map on it A builder asked to addict usersshould leave, because there arealways other jobs and no amount ofmoney is worth tearing up the fabricof a society. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 TF Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A product that speeds up turning intention into reality increases appetite for continued use, then charges for that continuation. — tap to centre the map on it A product that speeds up turningintention into reality increasesappetite for continued use, thencharges for that continuation. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it. — tap to centre the map on it A profit motive inside a game holdsplayers there long past the pointwhere they are still enjoying it. Last stated 8 years ago 30 Jan 2019 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2019-01-30 — 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: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — 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
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At the centre Love, desire and relationships are not commodities that can be replaced when they disappoint. Last stated 21 Sept 2017 · 9 years ago Holds Esther Perel Read this korrent →