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Read this korrent: Most people should get married and have kids much earlier than the current average, and have more of them.
Most people should get married and have kids much earlier than the current average, and have more of them.
Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jan 2025
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Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2024-12-29 — tap for who they are
KD
Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2025-01-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Money cannot make up for meeting a partner late, because the years in which a couple can have children have already gone. — tap to centre the map on it
Money cannot make up for meeting a partner late, because the years in which a couple can have children have already gone.
Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
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Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for. — tap to centre the map on it
Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for.
Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Something is broken in how people pair up in the West, and that shortage of couples and marriages, not money, is why there are too few children. — tap to centre the map on it
Something is broken in how people pair up in the West, and that shortage of couples and marriages, not money, is why there are too few children.
Last stated 11 months ago
14 Oct 2025
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Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-10-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it
A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
24 Aug 2026
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Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Any theory of the fall in birth rates must explain both the worldwide collapse and the differences between countries, and most theories explain only one. — tap to centre the map on it
Any theory of the fall in birth rates must explain both the worldwide collapse and the differences between countries, and most theories explain only one.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Nov 2024
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Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Children develop by struggling and failing on the road to success while a caring adult supports them, and school should be running that loop all day instead of leaving it to after-school sports. — tap to centre the map on it
Children develop by struggling and failing on the road to success while a caring adult supports them, and school should be running that loop all day instead of leaving it to after-school sports.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
31 Aug 2026
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Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it. — tap to centre the map on it
Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it.
Last stated 12 months ago
30 Sept 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Creating life with another human you love is the peak experience of being on the planet. — tap to centre the map on it
Creating life with another human you love is the peak experience of being on the planet.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it
Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round.
Last stated 12 months ago
30 Sept 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations. — tap to centre the map on it
AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
1 Sept 2026
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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Most people should get married and have kids much earlier than the current average, and have more of them.
Last stated 13 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds KD Kent C. Dodds
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Similar wording
Money cannot make up for meeting a partner late, because the years in which a couple can have children have already gone.
Last stated 1 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds AE Alice Evans
Similar wording
Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for.
Last stated 12 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
Something is broken in how people pair up in the West, and that shortage of couples and marriages, not money, is why there are too few children.
Last stated 14 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds AE Alice Evans David Heinemeier HanssonLS Lyman Stone
Same subject: demographics
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Last stated 20 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds LS Lyman Stone
Same subject: demographics
A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children.
Last stated 24 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds RB Ryan Burge
Same subject: demographics
Any theory of the fall in birth rates must explain both the worldwide collapse and the differences between countries, and most theories explain only one.
Last stated 1 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AE Alice Evans
Same subject: family
Children develop by struggling and failing on the road to success while a caring adult supports them, and school should be running that loop all day instead of leaving it to after-school sports.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Same subject: family
Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds LF Lex Fridman
Same subject: family
Creating life with another human you love is the peak experience of being on the planet.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: motivation
Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds LF Lex Fridman
Same subject: motivation
AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: motivation
AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds SA Scott Alexander