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← Men's desires always exceed their capacity to satisfy them, so they stay discontented

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Men's desires always exceed their capacity to satisfy them, so they stay discontented Men's desires always exceed their capacityto satisfy them, so they stay discontented NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human desires are by nature boundless, and many live only to gratify them — tap to centre the map on it Human desires are by natureboundless, and many live only togratify them AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Not content with their physical advantage, men lower women further to make them merely alluring — tap to centre the map on it Not content with their physicaladvantage, men lower women furtherto make them merely alluring MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fame, money and pleasure, sought to fill an inner emptiness, bring a brief satisfaction that never lasts and is never enough. — tap to centre the map on it Fame, money and pleasure, sought tofill an inner emptiness, bring abrief satisfaction that never lastsand is never enough. Last stated 12 years ago 20 Jul 2014 AB Arthur C. Brooks — holds since 2014-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The yearning for equality comes from envy, and plans to satisfy it waste capital — tap to centre the map on it The yearning for equality comes fromenvy, and plans to satisfy it wastecapital WS William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once material wants are satisfied, artistic needs come forward — tap to centre the map on it Once material wants are satisfied,artistic needs come forward PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human desires have always grown faster than the ability to fulfill them. — tap to centre the map on it Human desires have always grownfaster than the ability to fulfillthem. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Women, like oppressed men, are degraded by preferring present pleasure to the struggle for freedom — tap to centre the map on it Women, like oppressed men, aredegraded by preferring presentpleasure to the struggle for freedom MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: No calamity is greater than discontent with one's lot, and the sufficiency of contentment endures — tap to centre the map on it No calamity is greater thandiscontent with one's lot, and thesufficiency of contentment endures LA Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — 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: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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
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At the centre Men's desires always exceed their capacity to satisfy them, so they stay discontented Last stated c. 1514–1519 Holds Niccolò Machiavelli Read this korrent →