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← Many highly intelligent people tend to be insecure and risk-averse.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 15 Jun 2020 to 7 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under inflation inflation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Many highly intelligent people tend to be insecure and risk-averse. Many highly intelligent people tend to beinsecure and risk-averse. Last stated 5 years ago 22 Feb 2022 NN Neel Nanda — holds since 2022-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Smart people tend to over-value optionality and under-value commitment. — tap to centre the map on it Smart people tend to over-valueoptionality and under-valuecommitment. Last stated 4 years ago 6 Jul 2022 AH Auren Hoffman — holds since 2022-07-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who can afford to be less sensitive to risk is probably either irrational or privileged. — tap to centre the map on it Someone who can afford to be lesssensitive to risk is probably eitherirrational or privileged. Last stated 6 years ago 15 Jun 2020 AA Amanda Askell — holds since 2020-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of the most successful people in any industry are wicked smart. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of the most successful peoplein any industry are wicked smart. Last stated 4 weeks ago 7 Oct 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The wealthy often take great risks to make money but seem risk-averse in giving it away — tap to centre the map on it The wealthy often take great risksto make money but seem risk-aversein giving it away Last stated a year ago 11 Sept 2025 SA Samuel Arbesman — holds since 2025-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: More intelligent people tend to be better investors because of lower time-discounting, greater risk tolerance, and more accurate economic forecasts, not any single factor. — tap to centre the map on it More intelligent people tend to bebetter investors because of lowertime-discounting, greater risktolerance, and more accurateeconomic forecasts, not any singlefactor. Last stated 6 years ago 13 Mar 2021 GW Gwern — holds since 2021-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to think they understand the future better than they actually do — tap to centre the map on it People tend to think they understandthe future better than they actuallydo Last stated 4 years ago 3 Mar 2023 MM Michael Mauboussin — holds since 2023-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobel winners are smart and also lucky. — tap to centre the map on it Nobel winners are smart and alsolucky. Last stated 4 weeks ago 6 Oct 2026 VP Vinay Prasad — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who are smart in a narrow way but don't read broadly are the ones who cause disastrous unintended consequences. — tap to centre the map on it People who are smart in a narrow waybut don't read broadly are the oneswho cause disastrous unintendedconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 15 Oct 2023 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2023-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Follow your skill" is better advice for young people than "follow your passion". — tap to centre the map on it "Follow your skill" is better advicefor young people than "follow yourpassion". Last stated 10 months ago 9 Jan 2026 AB Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2026-01-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Proxy action" - an easy task that feels like progress - lets people avoid the hard work of actually making progress. — tap to centre the map on it "Proxy action" - an easy task thatfeels like progress - lets peopleavoid the hard work of actuallymaking progress. Last stated 2 months ago 8 Sept 2026 JF Jason Feifer — holds since 2026-09-08 — 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: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one. — tap to centre the map on it 'Money won't make you happy' is asocial truth, not an individual one. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 5 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
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