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Read this korrent: Making symbolic concessions that undermine the legitimacy of the national community is more toxic than is generally realized.
Making symbolic concessions that undermine the legitimacy of the national community is more toxic than is generally realized.
Last stated today
13 Oct 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Canada should walk away from the trade deal Washington is offering rather than accept a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it
Canada should walk away from the trade deal Washington is offering rather than accept a bad one.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
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Mark Carney — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The most likely bad outcome is not a takeover but a gradual loss of control and understanding, as fewer and fewer people understand what we have layered everywhere. — tap to centre the map on it
The most likely bad outcome is not a takeover but a gradual loss of control and understanding, as fewer and fewer people understand what we have layered everywhere.
Last stated 12 months ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language does not need a benevolent dictator: if the responsible team does not sign off on a change, it does not happen. — tap to centre the map on it
A language does not need a benevolent dictator: if the responsible team does not sign off on a change, it does not happen.
Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is better to live in a country that allows offensive speech — tap to centre the map on it
It is better to live in a country that allows offensive speech
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Aug 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric — tap to centre the map on it
A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric
Last stated 8 years ago
6 Mar 2019
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Taylor Swift — holds since 2019-03-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When accuracy and belonging conflict, most people take the belief that keeps them accepted by their community. — tap to centre the map on it
When accuracy and belonging conflict, most people take the belief that keeps them accepted by their community.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Real democratic confrontation requires granting the other side legitimacy; delegitimising the opposition is not real democracy — tap to centre the map on it
Real democratic confrontation requires granting the other side legitimacy; delegitimising the opposition is not real democracy
Last stated 6 years ago
11 Nov 2020
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Matthew McConaughey — holds since 2020-11-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The video game audience has come to embrace the medium’s worst traits as emblems of the hobby rather than treat them as flaws. — tap to centre the map on it
The video game audience has come to embrace the medium’s worst traits as emblems of the hobby rather than treat them as flaws.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Oct 2024
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Frank Lantz — holds since 2024-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
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Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
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Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
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Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress.
Last stated 7 months ago
21 Mar 2026
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Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are
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