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Read this korrent: Many people who consider themselves liberal will act to conserve their personal and financial status quo when faced with things that threaten their bourgeois class status.
Many people who consider themselves liberal will act to conserve their personal and financial status quo when faced with things that threaten their bourgeois class status.
Last stated a year ago
28 May 2025
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Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Maintaining the status quo has come to mean maintaining a significant amount of debt. — tap to centre the map on it
Maintaining the status quo has come to mean maintaining a significant amount of debt.
Last stated a year ago
16 Jul 2025
AP
Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The main fight in investing is with oneself: panicking, overreacting, underreacting, refusing to observe the present, living in the past or over-believing in the future are psychological traps. — tap to centre the map on it
The main fight in investing is with oneself: panicking, overreacting, underreacting, refusing to observe the present, living in the past or over-believing in the future are psychological traps.
Last stated 6 years ago
13 Oct 2020
CP
Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2020-10-13 — 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 less sensitive to risk is probably either irrational or privileged.
Last stated 6 years ago
15 Jun 2020
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Amanda Askell — holds since 2020-06-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible. — tap to centre the map on it
Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
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Brink Lindsey — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Liberals' avoidance of conflict within academia for the sake of academic comity has been a mistake. — tap to centre the map on it
Liberals' avoidance of conflict within academia for the sake of academic comity has been a mistake.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
20 Oct 2026
BD
Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-10-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Whoever fails to satiate in capital rationally saves more, and therefore ends up holding most of the wealth in the long run. — tap to centre the map on it
Whoever fails to satiate in capital rationally saves more, and therefore ends up holding most of the wealth in the long run.
Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
PT
Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Publicly embracing a taboo, extremist identity can function as a costly signal that builds political authenticity and loyalty. — tap to centre the map on it
Publicly embracing a taboo, extremist identity can function as a costly signal that builds political authenticity and loyalty.
Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Adam Tooze — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Human beings often react with anger when others decide to pursue diverging paths in intellectual or political pursuits. — tap to centre the map on it
Human beings often react with anger when others decide to pursue diverging paths in intellectual or political pursuits.
Last stated 5 months ago
5 Jun 2026
BM
Bruno Maçães — holds since 2026-06-05 — 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 been perpetually broken.
Last stated 5 months ago
19 Jun 2026
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Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
Last stated a month ago
1 Oct 2026
AE
Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them.
Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
JM
Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens — tap to centre the map on it
A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens
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Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy.
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Mar 2025
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Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it
A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on AI is unlikely.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jul 2026
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John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it
A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer.
Last stated 4 months ago
13 Jul 2026
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James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
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Many people who consider themselves liberal will act to conserve their personal and financial status quo when faced with things that threaten their bourgeois class status.
Last stated 28 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Anne Helen Petersen
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Maintaining the status quo has come to mean maintaining a significant amount of debt.
Last stated 16 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Anne Helen Petersen
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The main fight in investing is with oneself: panicking, overreacting, underreacting, refusing to observe the present, living in the past or over-believing in the future are psychological traps.
Last stated 13 Oct 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Chamath Palihapitiya
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Someone who can afford to be less sensitive to risk is probably either irrational or privileged.
Last stated 15 Jun 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Amanda Askell
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Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Brink Lindsey
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Liberals' avoidance of conflict within academia for the sake of academic comity has been a mistake.
Last stated 20 Oct 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Brad DeLong
Similar wording
Whoever fails to satiate in capital rationally saves more, and therefore ends up holding most of the wealth in the long run.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Phil Trammell
Similar wording
Publicly embracing a taboo, extremist identity can function as a costly signal that builds political authenticity and loyalty.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Adam Tooze
Similar wording
Human beings often react with anger when others decide to pursue diverging paths in intellectual or political pursuits.
Last stated 5 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Bruno Maçães
Same subject: America
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 19 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Robert Jones, Jr.
Same subject: America
A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
Last stated 1 Oct 2026 · a month ago
Holds Alex Epstein
Same subject: America
A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them.
Last stated 23 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Josh Marshall
Same subject: democracy
A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens
Last stated c. 1899
Holds Booker T. Washington
Same subject: democracy
A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy.
Last stated 6 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Kapil Gupta
Same subject: democracy
A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mark Pincus
Same subject: government
A ban on AI is unlikely.
Last stated 18 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds John Horgan
Same subject: government
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated 22 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Tyler Cowen
Same subject: government
A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer.
Last stated 13 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds James Talarico