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17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 15 Jul 1838 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Everything filed under family family Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Men may aid Fortune but cannot withstand her Men may aid Fortune but cannot withstandher NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Men may be physically stronger, but women are not mentally or morally weaker — tap to centre the map on it Men may be physically stronger, butwomen are not mentally or morallyweaker SG Sarah Grimké — holds since c. 1837–1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bad man cannot injure a man better than himself — tap to centre the map on it A bad man cannot injure a man betterthan himself SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Since fortune changes and people keep to their ways, people succeed while the two agree and fail when they diverge — tap to centre the map on it Since fortune changes and peoplekeep to their ways, people succeedwhile the two agree and fail whenthey diverge NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Another soul can provoke me but not instruct me; I must find what it says true in myself or reject it — tap to centre the map on it Another soul can provoke me but notinstruct me; I must find what itsays true in myself or reject it Last stated 188 years ago 15 Jul 1838 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1838-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether a more equal distribution of wealth is attainable is uncertain; if it is not, Providence is cruel — tap to centre the map on it Whether a more equal distribution ofwealth is attainable is uncertain;if it is not, Providence is cruel Last stated 133 years ago 10 May 1893 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1893-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because women do not hold property on equal terms with men, their cause may well be pleaded by a party like the anti-slavery one — tap to centre the map on it Because women do not hold propertyon equal terms with men, their causemay well be pleaded by a party likethe anti-slavery one Last stated 182 years ago 15 Nov 1844 MF Margaret Fuller — holds since 1844-11-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: If a fool stays a fool with any book, restricting books only deprives the wise — tap to centre the map on it If a fool stays a fool with anybook, restricting books onlydeprives the wise JM John Milton — holds since c. 1644 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term. — tap to centre the map on it An alliance with abundance liberalsis likely a more promising politicalstrategy for libertarians than arevival of fusionism in the short tomedium term. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 IS Ilya Somin — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
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