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← Most luxuries and many comforts are not only unnecessary but positive hindrances to human elevation

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 27 Jul 1783 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most luxuries and many comforts are not only unnecessary but positive hindrances to human elevation Most luxuries and many comforts are notonly unnecessary but positive hindrancesto human elevation HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since c. 1854 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most — tap to centre the map on it Being content with little is a greatgood, and those who least needluxury enjoy it most EP Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking, judgement and knowledgeare worth pursuing for the joy inthem, not in order to defend humanuniqueness. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our possibilities of happiness are limited from the start by our constitution, and it is much easier to be unhappy — tap to centre the map on it Our possibilities of happiness arelimited from the start by ourconstitution, and it is much easierto be unhappy SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pleasant life is impossible without living wisely, well and justly, and living that way is impossible without living pleasantly — tap to centre the map on it A pleasant life is impossiblewithout living wisely, well andjustly, and living that way isimpossible without living pleasantly EP Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: One might say that human happiness is not part of the plan of creation — tap to centre the map on it One might say that human happinessis not part of the plan of creation SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: The essentials of human happiness are simple, so simple that sophisticated people cannot admit what they really lack — tap to centre the map on it The essentials of human happinessare simple, so simple thatsophisticated people cannot admitwhat they really lack BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Money spent on wars would have added vastly more to human comfort if spent on public works — tap to centre the map on it Money spent on wars would have addedvastly more to human comfort ifspent on public works Last stated 243 years ago 27 Jul 1783 BF Benjamin Franklin — holds since 1783-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a few people pursue happiness unhealthily is no reason for everyone else to give up pursuing it. — tap to centre the map on it That a few people pursue happinessunhealthily is no reason foreveryone else to give up pursuingit. Last stated 11 years ago 16 Jul 2015 SL Sonja Lyubomirsky — holds since 2015-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 10 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 4 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it A company must cut half itsengineers to pay for the otherhalf's tokens, and that is what thelayoffs are actually about. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good. — tap to centre the map on it A productivity improvement meansfewer people doing the same job, andthat should be said plainly by thepeople defending it as good. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Most luxuries and many comforts are not only unnecessary but positive hindrances to human elevation Last stated c. 1854 Holds Henry David Thoreau Read this korrent →