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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 1 Feb 1867 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under education education Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Making children use their minds poorly may make their minds less useful to them Making children use their minds poorly maymake their minds less useful to them JH John Holt — holds since c. 1964 — 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: What we achieve depends less on how much time we have than on how we use it — tap to centre the map on it What we achieve depends less on howmuch time we have than on how we useit Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Using a child's self-image to make him do good work is dangerous — tap to centre the map on it Using a child's self-image to makehim do good work is dangerous JH John Holt — holds since c. 1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: People may be overestimating how many problems are bound by intelligence rather than by other things. — tap to centre the map on it People may be overestimating howmany problems are bound byintelligence rather than by otherthings. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Charity attends to what a man ought to be rather than what he is or may become — tap to centre the map on it Charity attends to what a man oughtto be rather than what he is or maybecome JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Poor systems thinking is being too blinders-on about getting one thing out as quickly as possible, without understanding that other, similar things are going on. — tap to centre the map on it Poor systems thinking is being tooblinders-on about getting one thingout as quickly as possible, withoutunderstanding that other, similarthings are going on. Last stated 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Understimulating children can be beneficial for their development. — tap to centre the map on it Understimulating children can bebeneficial for their development. Last stated 4 months ago 27 Jun 2026 MM Mike Monteiro — holds since 2026-06-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Handing your thinking over to AI diminishes your own cognitive abilities. — tap to centre the map on it Handing your thinking over to AIdiminishes your own cognitiveabilities. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JS Jennifer Steil — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear explanation alone does not usually make people understand a scientific idea. — tap to centre the map on it A clear explanation alone does notusually make people understand ascientific idea. Last stated 9 years ago 3 Dec 2017 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2017-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Making children use their minds poorly may make their minds less useful to them Last stated c. 1964 Holds John Holt Read this korrent →